Sarcopenia index based on serum creatinine and cystatin C is associated with mortality in middle-aged and older adults in Chinese: A retrospective cohort study from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

• Main Authors: Yang Wu (Author), Hai Wang (Author), Yingmu Tong (Author), Xing Zhang (Author), Yunxiang Long (Author), Qinglin Li (Author), Jie Ren (Author), Chang Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundThe sarcopenia index (SI, serum creatinine/serum cystatin C × 100) is recommended for predicting sarcopenia. There were several studies showing that lower SI is associated with poorer outcomes in the older adults. However, the cohorts studied in these researches were mainly patients hospit...