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To improve the clinical utility of sarcopenia, a unified definition of sarcopenia is required.
Standardizing sarcopenia definitions could lead to better management and treatment outcomes.
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This has important clinical implications for the management of sarcopenia because treatments may differ based on how sarcopenia is identified.
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Based on the cross-sectional study design.
Source
Do Different Ascertainment Techniques Identify the Same Individuals as Sarcopenic in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging?
Alexandra Mayhew et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2020
DOI 10.1111/jgs.16823
cross-sectional · n=10820Cited 4×
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