Walkable urban zip codes and specific chronic diseases are associated with Sarcopenia

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background:</bold> Sarcopenia is an aging-related disease characterized by muscle mass loss and wasting, and is among the most significant causes of frailty among the elderly. Despite it being a detrimental condition, it only recently, as of October 1, 2016, received the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code, M62. 84, t...

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• Chronic Disease
• Disease Susceptibility
• Frail Elderly
• Inflammation Mediators
• Metabolic Networks and Pathways
• Organ Specificity
• Oxidative Stress
• Sarcopenia

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Literature Corpus work

87dbe63a-d30f-596a-a0ce-e49e5a7f15e5

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-5751166/v1