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Scientific rationale: Sarcopenia is a common skeletal muscle disorder among older adults, with an increased risk of various adverse conditions, including impaired mobility, increased risk of morbidity, hospitalization, and mortality. It is still a challenge to utilize the information of environmental, metabolic, diet, lifestyle habits, and genetic data to predict the risk of the sarcopenia.
Aim: In this study, we aim to: (1) estimate the associations of environmental, metabolic, diet, lifestyle habits, and genetic, the interactions of these risk factors, as well as their impact on the risk of sarcopenia. (2) investigate the causal association between environmental, metabolic, diet, lifestyle habits, and genetic with sarcopenia using Mendelian randomization instrumental variable analysis.
Project duration: The project period will be maximally 36 months.
Public health impact: Through this study, we will be able to identify robust, sensitive, and accessible risk factors of sarcopenia, which will help researchers comprehensively understand the development of sarcopenia, and will be helpful in the precise and individual prevention of sarcopenia.
11 Publications
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
| 17494 | Accelerometer-Derived Physical Activity Associated With Incidence and Progression Trajectory of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity | Fa Shen (+9) | 2026 | Mayo Clinic Proceedings |
| 18061 | Accelerometer-derived physical activity associated with incident probable sarcopenia, fracture, and falls | Fa Shen (+8) | 2026 | American Journal of Preventive Medicine |
| 20447 | Associations of Accelerometer-Derived "Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity Pattern With Incident First Cardiometabolic Disease and Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity in Individuals With Hypertension. | Jia-Qi Yang (+7) | 2026 | Journal of the American Heart Association |
| 20482 | Associations of accelerometer-derived daily step counts with future health risks: A phenome-wide association study among over 60,000 UK adults | Hao-Yu Liu (+10) | 2026 | International Journal of Nursing Studies |
| 15326 | Dietary index for gut microbiota and risk of gastrointestinal cancer: a prospective gene-diet study | Dong-Run Li (+8) | 2025 | Nutrition Journal |
| 17400 | Dietary index for gut microbiota, Life's Essential 8 scores, and risk of cardiovascular disease: a multinational cohort study | Dong-Run Li (+10) | 2026 | European Journal of Preventive Cardiology |
| 16607 | Dietary index for gut microbiota, genetic risk, and incidence of breast cancer: a prospective study | Xi-Yang Chen (+13) | 2025 | Breast Cancer Research |
| 20502 | Flavonoid-rich foods, genetic risk, and female breast cancer risk: a prospective cohort study | Rui Yang (+11) | 2026 | npj Breast Cancer |
| 18889 | Healthy plant-based dietary pattern is associated with a lower risk of rosacea | Yue Zhang (+9) | 2025 | Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology |
| 17118 | Joint associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages with the risks of cancer and all-cause mortality | Jia-Cheng Liu (+11) | 2025 | Journal of the National Cancer Institute |
| 16555 | Regular sleep patterns, not just duration, critical for mental health: association of accelerometer-derived sleep regularity with incident depression and anxiety | Dong-Run Li (+9) | 2025 | Psychological Medicine |