The relationship between all-cause mortality sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity among hospitalized older people.

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Abstract

Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity (SO) are associated with adverse health outcomes in older people. Data on sarcopenia- and SO-related mortality are insufficient for hospitalized older people. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between sarcopenia, SO and mortality among hospitalized older people.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Aging Clin Exp Res

Title: Aging clinical and experimental research

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1720-8319

ISSN (Print): 1594-0667

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2019

Volume: 31

Issue: 11

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

[2 ] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ataturk's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ahmetemreyalcin@hotmail.com.

[3 ] , Gazi Osman Paşa-Ankara, Turkey. ahmetemreyalcin@hotmail.com.

[4 ] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Yildirim Bayazit University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

[5 ] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ataturk's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Article

Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s40520-019-01277-5

DOI: 10.1007/s40520-019-01277-5

PubMed ID: 31350700

SO-VID: 4a7362ed-e5e7-479b-8301-199d3f0350da

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Keywords: Mortality,Obesity,Older people,Sarcopenia

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Keywords: Mortality, Obesity, Older people, Sarcopenia

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