ArticleNutrients2022
Calf Circumference, a Valuable Tool to Predict Sarcopenia in Older People Hospitalized with Hip Fracture.
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- Prevalence of disease related malnutrition assessed by NRS2002, STAMP, MNA-SF, one-step and two-step GLIM at admission and discharge: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Risk prediction models for sarcopenia in elderly people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Association of Dietary Vegetable and Fruit Consumption with Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet and Sarcopenia Features in Apparently Healthy Adults over 65 Years: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Preliminary study on nutritional and exercise strategies to prevent and reverse sarcopenia in aging: an open-label single-arm trial.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- Prevalence of sarcopenia and population attributable fraction of related factors in Iranian older adults from the IMOS‑2021 study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of sarcopenia and dynapenia among institutionalized older adults in the Lisbon region: associations with sex, nutritional status and body composition.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Calf circumference as a simple tool versus chest-CT derived skeletal muscle index in assessing osteosarcopenia and one-year outcomes in osteoporotic vertebral fractures.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Article
- Exploring Risk Factors Related to Low Calf Circumference in Older Adults With Multimorbidity: Cross-Sectional Latent Class Analysis.JMIR aging · 2025Article
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- The Effects of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) on Muscular Strength, Functional Performance and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Adults with Sarcopenia: A Short-Term Intervention.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Performance of the SARC-F, SARC-CalF, and calf circumference for sarcopenia case finding in community-dwelling older adults.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
- Diagnostic and prognostic value of calf circumference for sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Article
- The association between weight-adjusted-waist index and sarcopenia in adults: a population-based study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Low Hand Grip Strength, Mid-Upper Arm Muscle Area, Calf Circumference, Serum Albumin Level, and Muscle Fiber Diameter as Risk Factors for Independent Walking Inability in Patients with Hip Fracture 6 Weeks after Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty Surgery.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2024Article
- Predictive value of anthropometric measurements in survival and free walking ability of geriatric hip fractures after surgery.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Comparison of Diagnostic Value of the SARC-F and Its Four Modified Versions in Polish Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Clinical interventions in aging · 2023Article
- IS CALF CIRCUMFERENCE ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL AND NUTRITIONAL OUTCOME IN OLDER PATIENTS?Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
Sarcopenia is an important risk factor for hip fracture in older people. Nevertheless, this condition is overlooked in clinical practice. This study aimed to explore the factors associated with sarcopenia among older patients hospitalized for hip fracture, to identify a predictive model of sarcopenia based on variables related to this condition, and to evaluate the performance of screening tools in order to choose the most suitable to be adopted in routine care of older people with hip fracture. A cross-sectional study was undertaken with 90 patients (mean age 83.4 ± 7.2 years), by assessing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, anthropometric measures, such as body mass index (BMI) and calf circumference (CC), the functional status (Barthel Index), the nutritional status (MNA-SF), and the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MEDAS). Diagnosis of sarcopenia was established according to the criteria of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2). The analysis of variables associated with sarcopenia was performed using multivariate logistic regression models. Clusters of sarcopenia were explored with heatmaps and predictive risk models were estimated. Sarcopenia was confirmed in 30% of hip fracture patients. Variables with the strongest association with sarcopenia were BMI (OR = 0.79 [0.68−0.91], p < 0.05) and CC (OR = 0.64 [0.51−0.81], p < 0.01). CC showed a relatively high predictive capacity of sarcopenia (area under the curve: AUC = 0.82). Furthermore, CC could be a valuable tool to predict sarcopenia risk compared with the currently used screening tools, SARC-F and SARC-CalF (AUC, 0.819 vs. 0.734 and 0.576, respectively). More studies are needed to validate these findings in external study populations.
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