Alternative Definitions of Sarcopenia, Lower Extremity Performance, and Functional Impairment with Aging in Older Men and Women
University of Georgia · University of Pittsburgh · +2 more institutions
Abstract
To compare two methods for classifying an individual as sarcopenic for predicting decline in physical function in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.
Observational cohort study with 5 years of follow-up.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 5.54
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 16
Authors
9- MJMatthew J. DelmonicoCorresponding
University of Georgia, University of Pittsburgh, National Institute on Aging, Wake Forest University
- TBTamara B. Harris
University of Georgia, University of Pittsburgh, National Institute on Aging, Wake Forest University
- JLJung‐Sun Lee
University of Georgia, University of Pittsburgh, National Institute on Aging, Wake Forest University
- MVMarjolein Visser
University of Georgia, University of Pittsburgh, National Institute on Aging, Wake Forest University
- MCMichael C. Nevitt
University of Georgia, University of Pittsburgh, National Institute on Aging, Wake Forest University
Topics & keywords
- Sarcopenia
- Medicine
- Sarcopenic obesity
- Hazard ratio
- Confidence interval
- Lean body mass
- Cohort
- Incidence (geometry)
- No poverty