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Characteristics of sarcopenia by European consensuses and a phenotype score.
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle - 1 Apr 2020
Jang Il-Young, Lee Eunju, Lee Heayon, Park Hyungchul, Kim Sunyoung, Kim Kwang-Il, Jung Hee-Won, Kim Dae Hyun
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BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess the clinical characteristics of sarcopenia by the original and revised European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP 1 and 2), and to propose a new sarcopenia phenotype score (SPS) to improve relevance of clinical outcomes. METHODS: Analyses were performed in 1408 older adults of the Aging Study of PyeongChang Rural Area, a community-based cohort in Korea. For...
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