Cardiovascular effects of weight loss in old adults with overweight/obesity according to change in skeletal muscle mass.
Xiaojie CaiMenghui LiuXingfeng XuShaozhao ZhangRihua HuangPeng WangLixiang HeZhuohui ChenZishan LiuYi ZhouYue GuoXiaodong ZhuangXinxue LiaoPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2023)
The participants gaining SMM along with weight loss achieved the lowest odds of adverse cardiovascular events, whilst those who lost SMM along with weight loss had comparable cardiovascular risk with those gaining weight. The more muscle lost during weight loss, the greater the harm. The cardiovascular effects of weight loss were modulated by whether the participants gained SMM meanwhile losing weight.