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Nutritional status and body fat mass: Determinants of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults.

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Older age, male gender, low BMI, decreased mini-nutritional assessment score, low serum albumin level, and high body fat were associated with a higher risk of sarcopenia, whereas higher CC reduced its risk.
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This article is published in Experimental Gerontology.The article was published on 2019-07-15. It has received 222 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sarcopenia & Bioelectrical impedance analysis.

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Sarcopenia

Yu-fei Li, +1 more
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Gerry Purdy
TL;DR: It is suggested here that there is no single formal strategy that must be used in order to achieve sustainability, and a range of built work for sustainable qualities is investigated.
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Nutritional Assessment in Older Adults: MNA® 25 years of a Screening Tool & a Reference Standard for Care and Research; What Next?

TL;DR: The review of 30 years of clinical research and practice using the MNA® worldwide, presently included in almost all geriatric and nutrition textbook and part of the teaching program for medicine and other health care professional worldwide is presented.
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Associated Factors of Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors reviewed the associated factors of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults and calculated the pooled odds ratio (OR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) for each associated factors using random-effects/fixed-effects models.
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The accuracy of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index in detecting frailty and sarcopenia in hospitalized older adults

TL;DR: GNRI is a simple method, which could be used for sarcopenia, and frailty screening in all elders attending primary care settings where other tools for assessing muscle mass are unavailable, and lower sensitivity but higher specificity compared to MNA in predicting frailty and dynapenia.
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