作者
Wei-Ju Lee, Li-Kuo Liu, Li-Ning Peng, Ming-Hsien Lin, Liang-Kung Chen, ILAS Research Group
发表日期
2013/7/1
期刊
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
卷号
14
期号
7
页码范围
528. e1-528. e7
出版商
Elsevier
简介
OBJECTIVE
To compare clinical characteristics of sarcopenia defined by the International Working Group on Sarcopenia (IWGS) and European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) criteria among older people in Taiwan.
DESIGN
A prospective population-based community study.
SETTING
I-Lan County of Taiwan.
PARTICIPANTS
A total of 100 young healthy volunteers and 408 elderly people.
INTERVENTION
None.
MEASUREMENTS
Anthropometry, skeletal muscle mass measured by dual x-ray absorptiometry, relative appendicular skeletal muscle index (RASM), percentage skeletal muscle index (SMI), 6-meter walking speed, and handgrip strength.
RESULTS
The prevalence of sarcopenia was 5.8% to 14.9% in men and 4.1% to 16.6% in women according to IWGS and EWGSOP criteria by using RASM or SMI as the muscle mass indices. The agreement of sarcopenia diagnosed by IWGS …
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