Association of sarcopenia with mortality and end‐stage renal disease in those with chronic kidney disease: a UK Biobank study

• Main Authors: Thomas J. Wilkinson (Author), Joanne Miksza (Author), Thomas Yates (Author), Courtney J. Lightfoot (Author), Luke A. Baker (Author), Emma L. Watson (Author), Francesco Zaccardi (Author), Alice C. Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sarcopenia, a degenerative and generalized skeletal muscle disorder involving the loss of muscle function and mass, is an under‐recognized problem in clinical practice, particularly in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We aimed to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia in individua...