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Performance of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People algorithm in screening older adults for muscle mass assessment.

Background: there is a lack of consensus on the diagnosis of sarcopenia. A screening and diagnostic algorithm was proposed by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP).Objective: to assess the performance of the EWGSOP algorithm in determining the proportion of subjects suspe...

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Published in:Age & Ageing Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 334 - 339
Main Authors: Lourenço, Roberto Alves, Pérez-Zepeda, Mario, Gutiérrez-Robledo, Luis, García-García, Francisco J., Rodríguez Mañas, Leocadio
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Mar2015
Subjects:
Brazil
Mexico
Spain
Analysis of variance
Anthropometry
Medical screening
Cross-sectional method
Old age
Sarcopenia
Algorithms
Chi-squared test
Diagnosis
Gait in humans
Grip strength
Research funding
Lean body mass
Descriptive statistics
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