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ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2024

A simplified definition of sarcopenia: muscle mass/body weight.

William J Evans, Luigi Ferrucci

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Article in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

William J EvansUniversity of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: William.evans@berkeley.edu.
Luigi FerrucciNational Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Body WeightMuscle, SkeletalSarcopeniaAgedHumans

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PMID38908131
PMCPMC12433777

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