Prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older people in the UK using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition: Findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study (HCS)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 378-384

  Patel, Harnish P ^a,b   Syddall, Holly Emma ^a   Jameson, Karen ^a   Robinson, Sian ^a   Denison, Hayley ^a   Roberts, Helen C ^b   Edwards, Mark ^a   Dennison, Elaine ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EWGSOP consensus definition; Fat free mass; Gait speed; Grip strength; Muscle mass; Older people; Prevalence; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; SELF REPORT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WALKING;

EID: 84877020208     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs197     Document Type: Article

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