Comparison of height- and weight-adjusted sarcopenia in a Taiwanese metropolitan older population

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-53

  Meng, Nai Hsin ^a,b   Li, Chia Ing ^b,c   Liu, Chiu Shong ^b,d   Lin, Chih Hsueh ^b,d   Lin, Wen Yuan ^b,d   Chang, Chin Kai ^a,b   Li, Tsai Chung ^e   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^b,d,f  

^a Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Taiwan)

^b School of Chinese Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c Medical Research   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian; Older people; Prevalence; Risk factors; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE INDEX; SOFT TISSUE; TAIWAN; TAIWANESE; METABOLISM; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOPENIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84921019796     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12227     Document Type: Article

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