Low muscle mass in interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and clinical associations
BMC Pulm Med
.
2026 Apr 10.
doi: 10.1186/s12890-026-04255-6.
Online ahead of print.
Authors
Osamah Alsuhimi
1
2
,
Abdullah Alharbi
1
,
Wahaj Alnefaie
1
,
Husam Alahmadi
2
,
Fatma Almaghlouth
2
,
Abdullah A Alqarni
2
3
,
Daniel Davies
1
,
Thomas M Gill
4
,
Jean Woo
5
,
Carly Welch
6
,
Richard Beatson
1
7
,
Martin Kolb
8
,
John R Hurst
1
,
Joanna C Porter
9
10
Affiliations
1
UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, UK.
2
Department of Respiratory Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
3
King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
4
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
5
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK University, Hong Kong, China.
6
Experimental Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
7
School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
8
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
9
UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, UK. joanna.porter@ucl.ac.uk.
10
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Rayne Institute, 114 6 University Street, London, UK. joanna.porter@ucl.ac.uk.
PMID:
41963913
DOI:
10.1186/s12890-026-04255-6
No abstract available
Keywords:
Ageing; Interstitial lung disease; Mortality; Pulmonary fibrosis; Sarcopenia.
Publication types
Systematic Review