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. 2021 Dec 20;10(12):1354. doi: 10.3390/biology10121354
EWGSOP European Working Group on Sarcopenia for Older People
IWGA International Working Group on Sarcopenia
AWGS Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia
FINH Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
BIA Bioimpedance analysis
SARC-F Strength, assistance with walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs, and falls
HRQoL Health-related quality of life
SarQoL Sarcopenia and Quality of Life
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
PUD Peptic ulcer disease
KNHANES Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
SNPs Single nucleotide polymorphisms
GWAS Genome-wide association scan
TRHR Thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor
LBM Lean body mass
ACE Angiotensin I-converting enzyme I
MSTN Myostatin
ACTN3 Alpha actinin 3
CNTF Ciliary neurotrophic factor
VDR Vitamin D receptor
IGF1 Insulin-like growth factor 1
IL-6 Interleukin-6
CAV1 Caveolin-1
FTO Fat mass and obesity-associated
LMI Lean mass index
NUDT3 Nudix hydrolase 3
KLF5 Kruppel-like Factor 5
HLA-DQB1-AS1 HLA-DQB1 antisense RNA 1
MTHFR Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
ACTN3 Alpha-actinin-3
NRF2 Nuclear respiratory factor 2
HLA-DRB1 HLA class II histocompatibility antigen-DRB1 beta chain
GDF5 Growth differentiation factor 5
DYM Dymeclin
DLEU1 Deleted in lymphocytic leukemia 1
SLC39A8 Solute carrier family 39 member 8
RN7SKP297 RN7SK pseudogene 297
C12orf60 Chromosome 12 open reading frame 60
RBBP6 Retinoblastoma-binding protein 6
ALDH1A2 Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A2
TGF α Transforming growth factor alpha
ZBTB38 Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 38
BRSK1 BR serine/threonine kinase 1
AOC1 Amine oxidase copper-containing 1
ZNF678 Zinc finger protein 678
GEO Gene Expression Omnibus
P3NP Procollagen type III N-terminal peptide
HtrA1 High temperature requirement serine protease A1
PF&S Physical frailty and sarcopenia
MNA Mini Nutritional Assessment
PS Possible sarcopenia
MM Muscle mechanography
RCAC Residential care apartment complex
CAF C-terminal agrin fragments
NMJs Neuromuscular junction
SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery
DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone
TGF Transforming growth factors
FST Follistatin
GDF-15 Growth differentiation factor 15
BMPs Bone morphogenic proteins
IR Irisin
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
FABP3 Fatty acid-binding protein 3
P3NP N-terminal peptide
3MH 3-methylhistidine
C1q Complement component 1q
CRP C-reactive protein
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
IL Interleukin
HSP72 Heat shock 70 kDa protein 1
MIP-1β Macrophage inflammatory protein 1β
MIF Macrophage migration inhibitory factor
b-CHE Butyryl-cholinesterase
oxLDL Oxidized low-density lipoprotein