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Cutpoints for Low Appendicular Lean Mass That Identify Older Adults With Clinically Significant Weakness

2014; Oxford University Press; Volume: 69; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/gerona/glu023

ISSN

1758-535X

Autores

Peggy M. Cawthon, Katherine W. Peters, Michelle Shardell, Robert R. McLean, T.-T. L. Dam, Rose Anne Kenny, Maren S. Fragala, Tamara B. Harris, Douglas P. Kiel, Jack M. Guralnik, Leah M. Ferrucci, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Maria T. Vassileva, Stephanie A. Studenski, Dawn E. Alley,

Tópico(s)

Frailty in Older Adults

Resumo

Background.Low lean mass is potentially clinically important in older persons, but criteria have not been empirically validated. As part of the FNIH (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health) Sarcopenia Project, this analysis sought to identify cutpoints in lean mass by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry that discriminate the presence or absence of weakness (defined in a previous report in the series as grip strength <26kg in men and <16kg in women).

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