Sarcopenia: Prevalence and associated factors based on different suggested definitions in community-dwelling older adults

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 110-122

  Kim, Hunkyung ^a   Hirano, Hirohiko ^a   Edahiro, Ayako ^a   Ohara, Yuki ^b   Watanabe, Yutaka ^c   Kojima, Narumi ^a   Kim, Miji ^a   Hosoi, Erika ^a   Yoshida, Yuko ^a   Yoshida, Hideyo ^a   Shinkai, Shoji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle strength; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle mass; Walking ability

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; CYSTATIN C; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

BODY MASS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING; AGED; AGING; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HAND STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84961626105     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12723     Document Type: Review

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