Variation in the prevalence of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in older adults associated with different research definitions: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 974-980

  Batsis, John A ^a,b,c   Barre, Laura K ^b,c   Mackenzie, Todd A ^c   Pratt, Sarah I ^b   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^d   Bartels, Stephen J ^b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; epidemiology; obesity; sarcopenia; sarcopenic obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; SARCOPENIA; SARCOPENIC OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SARCOPENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879154295     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12260     Document Type: Article

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