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A new study will track muscle loss, metabolic disease, and aging over time

Recruiting · RenJi Hospital

What this means

Researchers plan to gather many kinds of health data from people over time. This is a registered plan, and the source does not report any findings yet.

Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.

Status
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 18 and over
Where
1 site

Contacts and how to join ↗

The science

Registered title
Sarcopenia, Metabolic Diseases, and Integrated Aging Longitudinal Evaluation (SMILE)
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
observational
Conditions
Sarcopenia, Metabolic Diseases, All-cause Mortality, Aging, Cardiometabolic Diseases
What is tested
nothing
Sponsor
RenJi Hospital
Ages
18 Years to no maximum
Dates
First posted Oct 3, 2025 · updated Oct 3, 2025

Registry summary

This study aims to establish an ambispective cohort platform centered on the pathological axis of "sarcopenia-metabolic disorders-aging progression", integrating multimodal data including demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, clinical phenotypes, laboratory tests, medical imaging, and biospecimens. Namely 'Sarcopenia, Metabolic Diseases, and Integrated Aging Longitudinal Evaluation (SMILE)'.

Sites (1)

  • Department of Geriatrics, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China., Shanghai, China
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