Kidney function and other associated factors of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: The SCOPE study

CONCLUSIONS: In community-dwelling older adults, sarcopenia is a relevant condition and is associated with severe CKD, older age, IADL, cognitive impairments, osteoporosis and low BMI. These factors should be assessed for proper identification and management of older patients with sarcopenia, and even more so with severe sarcopenia.PMID:38103954 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejim.2023.12.002

Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - December 16, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Rafael Moreno-Gonz ález Josep Maria Cruzado Andrea Corsonello Paolo Fabbietti Lisanne Tap Francesco Mattace-Raso Johan Ärnlöv Axel C Carlsson Agnieszka Guligowska Tomasz Kostka Rada Artzi-Medvedik Itshak Melzer Regina Roller-Wirnsberger Gerhard Wirnsbe Source Type: research