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Prevalence and incidence of sarcopenia in the very old: findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

Prevalence and incidence of sarcopenia in the very old: findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

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Prevalence and incidence of sarcopenia in the very old: findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

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Full title

Prevalence and incidence of sarcopenia in the very old: findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

Publisher

Germany: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Journal title

Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2017-04, Vol.8 (2), p.229-237

Language

English

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Germany: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

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Contents

Introduction
Recognition that an older person has sarcopenia is important because this condition is linked to a range of adverse outcomes. Sarcopenia becomes increasingly common with age, and yet there are few data concerning its descriptive epidemiology in the very old (aged 85 years and above). Our aims were to describe risk factors for sarcop...

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Prevalence and incidence of sarcopenia in the very old: findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5377385

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5377385

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ISSN

2190-5991

E-ISSN

2190-6009

DOI

10.1002/jcsm.12157

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