Sarcopenia: an undiagnosed condition in older adults. Current consensus definition: prevalence, etiology, and consequences. International working group on sarcopenia.
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"Sarcopenia: an undiagnosed conditio..." refers background in this paper
...Sarcopenia is correlated with functional decline and disability (5, 16, 71, 76, 77)....
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...Subsequent studies in this population using more direct estimates found a prevalence of 12% for persons 60 to 70 years of age and nearly 30% for persons over 80 years (5, 70)....
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...Subsequently, a number of authors have defined sarcopenia more specifically as a subgroup of older persons with muscle mass depletion, usually defined as being two standard deviations below the mean muscle mass of younger persons (usually age 35 years) (5)....
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...aLM/Ht2 2 SD below a young reference group) was originally determined to be over 50% in persons older than 80 years (5)....
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...Sarcopenia is correlated with functional decline and disability (5, 16, 71, 76, 77)....
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...(71) using an index of lean/total mass and bioelectric impedance data from NH ANES III, found the prevalence of sarcopenia (−2SD) in persons 60 years of age and older was 7% to 10%....
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...The Health and Body Composition Study, a longitudinal study of more than 3,000 older (age 70 – 79 y at baseline) has demonstrated the strong association of muscle mass with strength as well as the changing quality of skeletal muscle in late life (66)....
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...Higher body fatness and older age have been associated with greater intramuscular lipid and reduced muscle quality, defined as reduced strength/cross sectional area (66, 85)....
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