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Accelerated biological aging and risk of sarcopenia: evidence from 29,000 Chinese adults

Qing Wang
1, 2, 3
,
Huijing He
1, 3
,
Yaoda Hu
1, 3
,
Jing Nai
4
,
Zhen Song
5
,
Hui Pan
6
,
Hanze Du
6
,
Ji Tu
1, 3
,
Zichao Wang
1, 3
,
Da Xu
1, 3
,
Zhujie Ran
1, 3
,
Zhili Chen
1, 3
,
Mengwei Zhang
1, 3
,
Gang Liu
1, 3
,
Guangliang Shan
1, 2, 3

  1. Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
  2. School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
  3. State Key Laboratory of Common Mechanism Research for Major Diseases, Beijing, China
  4. Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hepingli Hospital, Beijing, China
  5. The Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Tianjin, China
  6. Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Biol Sport. 2026;43:1097–1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.159572
Online publish date: 2026/04/13
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