"Sarcopenia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Progressive decline in muscle mass due to aging which results in decreased functional capacity of muscles.
| Descriptor ID |
D055948
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.613.612.500 C23.300.070.500.500 C23.888.592.608.612.500
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sarcopenia".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in Profiles.
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Chest CT-Derived Muscle Metrics for Sarcopenia: Choosing the Right Target. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Mar; 29(3):1511-1512.
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Sarcopenia predicts reduced liver growth and reduced resectability in patients undergoing portal vein embolization before liver resection - A DRAGON collaborative analysis of 306 patients. HPB (Oxford). 2022 03; 24(3):413-421.
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Myosteatosis at diagnosis is adversely associated with 2-year survival in women with estrogen receptor-negative metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Nov; 190(1):121-132.
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Sarcopenia is associated with incident Alzheimer's dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 07; 69(7):1826-1835.
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Prevalence of low computed tomography-measured skeletal muscle index and handgrip strength in a general medical population. Nutr Clin Pract. 2022 Feb; 37(1):102-109.
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Novel application of respiratory muscle index obtained from chest computed tomography to predict postoperative respiratory failure after major non-cardiothoracic surgery. Am J Surg. 2021 Nov; 222(5):1029-1033.
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Motor function is the primary driver of the associations of sarcopenia and physical frailty with adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0245680.
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Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women. Nat Commun. 2021 01 28; 12(1):654.
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Tutorial: A Step-by-Step Guide (Version 2.0) for Measuring Abdominal Circumference and Skeletal Muscle From a Single Cross-Sectional Computed-Tomography Image Using the National Institutes of Health ImageJ. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2020 03; 44(3):419-424.
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Prognostic Significance of Skeletal Muscle Loss During Early Postoperative Period in Elderly Patients with Esophageal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov; 26(12):3807-3808.