ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2017
Clinical Definitions of Sarcopenia and Risk of Hospitalization in Community-Dwelling Older Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07269600 (The Effects of Sarcopenia on Cervical Proprioception, Kinesiophobia and Pressure Pain Threshold in Geriatric Nursing Home Residents), which is not on this map. Cited by 74 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Sarcopenia on Cervical Proprioception, Kinesiophobia and Pressure Pain Threshold in Geriatric Nursing Home Residents
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Arabic Translation & Validation of Strength, Ambulation, Rising from A Chair, Stair Climbing and History of Falling Scale (SARC-F).International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- Association between triglyceride-glucose index and sarcopenia in older adults without either dysglycemia or central obesity: a cross-sectional study from CHARLS.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- Association of Sarcopenic Obesity with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia/Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study.European urology open science · 2025Article
- Quantitative evaluation of muscle quality and quantity using an ultrasound radio frequency signal.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- The Association of Low Muscle Mass With Serum Sex Hormones and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Optimizing sarcopenia screening in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A ROC curve evaluation of the SARC-F and the SARC-CalF.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2025Article
- Associations between sarcopenia operationalized using muscle strength or power and health-related parameters.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Article
- Nutrition Focused Physical Examination Components Specific to Older Adults: A Modified Delphi Study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between various definitions of sarcopenia and hospitalization has not been evaluated in community-dwelling older men.
methodsWe used data from 1,516 participants at Visit 3 of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) study who also had linked Medicare Fee-For-Service Claims data available. We examined the association between several sarcopenia definitions (International Working Group, European Working Group for Sarcopenia in Older Persons, Foundation for the NIH Sarcopenia Project, Baumgartner, and Newman) and hospitalization, using two-part ("hurdle") models, adjusted for age, clinical center, functional limitations, self-reported health, comorbidity, and cognitive function. Predictors included sarcopenia status (the summary definitions and the components of slowness, weakness, and/or lean mass); outcomes included hospitalization and cumulative inpatient days/year in the 3 years following the Visit 3 exam.
resultsAfter accounting for confounding factors, none of the summary definitions or the definition components (slowness, weakness, or low lean mass) were associated with likelihood of hospitalization, the rate ratio of inpatient days among those hospitalized, or the mean rate of inpatient days amongst all participants.
conclusionsSarcopenia was not associated hospitalization in community-dwelling older men. These results provide further evidence that current sarcopenia definitions are unlikely to identify those who are most likely to have greater hospitalization.
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