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Prevalence of sarcopenia in the world: a systematic review and meta- analysis of general population studies

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia, an age-related decline in muscle mass and function, is one of the most important health problems in elderly with a high rate of adverse outcomes. However, several studies have investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia in the world, the results have been inconsistent. The curr...

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Autores principales: Shafiee, Gita, Keshtkar, Abbasali, Soltani, Akbar, Ahadi, Zeinab, Larijani, Bagher, Heshmat, Ramin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28523252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40200-017-0302-x