Calf Circumference as a Simple Screening Marker for Diagnosing Sarcopenia in Older Korean Adults: the Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study (KFACS)

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to explore the optimal cut-off point of calf circumference (CC) as a simple proxy marker of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) and sarcopenia in the Korean elderly and to test the criterion-related validity of CC by analyzing its relationships with the...

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Autores principales: Kim, Sunyoung, Kim, Miji, Lee, Yunhwan, Kim, ByungSung, Yoon, Tai Young, Won, Chang Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29760608
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e151

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29760608
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e151

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