Association between early life exposure to the great famine and possible sarcopenia in older Chinese adults: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We used data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to investigate how an early life famine exposure affected possible sarcopenia (PS) and to explore the extent to which a sex difference exists in the association among older Chinese adults, as well as whether risk factors modify the association.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

28 provinces of China.

Participants

Considering that the Great Chinese Famine lasted from the spring of 1959 to the fall of 1961, 3557 participants were selected and categorised into four subgroups based on their date of birth: unexposed group (1 October 1962 to 30 September 1964), fetal exposed group (1 October 1959 to 30 September 1961), infant exposed group (1 January 1958 to 31 December 1958)

SUBMITTER: Wu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature