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Prevalence of sarcopenia among community‐dwelling elderly of a medium‐sized South American city: results of the COMO VAI? study

BACKGROUND: There is insufficient data concerning sarcopenia prevalence in South America. The aim of this study was to estimate sarcopenia prevalence and its clinical subgroups in a Southern Brazilian city. METHODS: A cross‐sectional population‐based study was performed among community‐dwelling elde...

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Autores principales: Barbosa‐Silva, Thiago G., Bielemann, Renata M., Gonzalez, Maria Cristina, Menezes, Ana Maria B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27493867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12049