ArticleThe Eurasian journal of medicine2020
Relationship between Sarcopenia and Mortality in Elderly Inpatients.
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- Clinical Efficacy of Nutritional Intervention Combined with Muscle Exercise on Sarcopenia Patients with Femoral Fracture: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.BioMed research international · 2023Trial
- The association between time in range with sarcopenia and its components in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of malnutrition among older adults with sarcopenia: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Association between neurofilament light chain, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and sarcopenia in older Indian adults: evidence from LASI-DAD.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Impact of Sarcopenia and Nutritional Status on Survival of Patients with Aortic Dissection: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Two Methods of Handgrip Strength Assessment in Sarcopenia Evaluation: Associations with in-Hospital Mortality in Older Adults.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Associations between sarcopenia (defined by low muscle mass), inflammatory markers, and all-cause mortality in older adults: mediation analyses in a large U.S. NHANES community sample, 1999-2006.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly: An Overview.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveSarcopenia, a geriatric syndrome, is an indicator of poor prognosis in elderly inpatients. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of sarcopenia on mortality in elderly patients. MATERIALS AND
methodsMobile/immobile geriatric inpatients, treated in the internal medicine ward between February and November 2018, were included in the study between Days 2 and 7 of hospitalization. The patients' fat-free mass (FFM) was measured by bioimpedance. The FFM index (FFMI) (kg/m
resultsThe study included 200 geriatric inpatients; 96 (48.0%) were men, and the mean age was 74.49±6.32 years. Sarcopenia was detected in 28 (14%) of the patients. Diabetes mellitus was associated with a significantly lower sarcopenia prevalence (p=0.006). The risk of sarcopenia was 9.046 times higher in malnourished patients. The sarcopenia group had more deaths (p=0.012).
conclusionSarcopenia in geriatric inpatients increased the length of hospital stay and mortality. Our findings may guide future studies examining the relationship between sarcopenia and mortality among elderly inpatients in other hospitals.
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