Prevalence of low muscle mass according to body mass index in older adults

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• 作者：Christophe E. Graf ; M.D.^a ; Claude Pichard ; M.D. ; Ph.D.^b ; Franç ; ois R. Herrmann ; M.D.^c ; Cornel C. Sieber ; M.D.^d ; Dina Zekry ; M.D.^c ; Laurence Genton ; M.D.^b ; ^{Laurence.genton@hcuge.ch}
• 关键词：Body composition ; Presarcopenia ; Fat-free mass ; Skeletal muscle mass ; Elderly
• 刊名：Nutrition
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：34
• 期：Complete
• 页码：124-129
• 全文大小：509 K
• 卷排序：34

文摘

Low muscle mass is defined as low fat-free mass or skeletal muscle index or low percent skeletal muscle mass. Prevalence of low muscle mass depends on the definition of pathologic cut-offs. Low muscle mass using indices is extremely rare in obese patients. These results suggest that sarcopenia may be misdiagnosed especially in obese patients.