Cut-off points to identify sarcopenia according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition

• Published in: Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 1557 - 1563
• Main Authors: Bahat, Gulistan, Tufan, Asli, Tufan, Fatih, Kilic, Cihan, Akpinar, Timur Selçuk, Kose, Murat, Erten, Nilgun, Karan, Mehmet Akif, Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; bioelectrical impedance; Body Composition; Body Mass Index; calf circumference; chronic diseases; Cut-off; drugs; elderly; Electric Impedance; EWGSOP; Female; females; Gait; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Geriatric Assessment; Hand Strength; hospitals; Humans; Independent Living; Male; males; Middle Aged; Muscle Strength; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; muscles; normal values; patients; physical activity; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Reference Values; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - diagnosis; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; skeletal muscle; Turkey (country); Turkey - epidemiology; Young Adult; young adults; Turkey (country); Sarcopenia; Cut-off; EWGSOP; Reference

The reported prevalence of sarcopenia ranges widely depending on its definition criterion. European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) developed a practical clinical definition and consensus diagnostic criteria. This definition recommends using normative data of the study populatio...