Prevalence of sarcopenia and associated factors in the healthy older adults of the Peruvian Andes

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• 作者：Alessandra Tramontano^a ; Nicola Veronese^a ; ^d ; ^{ilmannato@gmail.com} ; Giuseppe Sergi^a ; Enzo Manzato^a ; ^b ; Diana Rodriguez-Hurtado^c ; Stefania Maggi^b ; Caterina Trevisan^a ; Francesca De Zaiacomo^a ; Valter Giantin^a
• 关键词：ADL ; activities of daily living scale ; ASMM ; appendicular skeletal muscle mass ; ASMMI ; appendicular skeletal muscle mass index ; BIA ; bioimpedance analysis ; BMI ; body mass index ; CI ; confidence interval ; EWGSOP ; European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People ; IADL ; instrumental activities of daily living scale ; ISI ; International Sarcopenia Initiative ; MNA ; Mini Nutritional Assessment ; OR ; odds ratio ; R ; resistance ; RI ; resistive index ; SPPB ; Short Physical Performance Battery ; VIF ; varianc
• 刊名：Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：68
• 期：Complete
• 页码：49-54
• 全文大小：412 K
• 卷排序：68

文摘

The exponential growth in the elderly population in Peru needs attention. No data of sarcopenia are available for subjects living in a rural Andean region. Our study shows that the prevalence of sarcopenia was 14.9%. Several factors associated with sarcopenia were founded.