Association between sarcopenia and frailty in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease

• Main Authors: Che Wang (Author), Xinru Guo (Author), Xieguanxuan Xu (Author), Shuang Liang (Author), Wenling Wang (Author), Fanglei Zhu (Author), Siyang Wang (Author), Jie Wu (Author), Li Zhang (Author), Xuefeng Sun (Author), Xiangmei Chen (Author), Guangyan Cai (Author), The Chinese observational prospective study of ageing population with chronic kidney disease (C‐OPTION) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Frailty and sarcopenia are prevalent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) populations and could increase the risk for adverse health outcomes. Few studies assess the correlation between frailty, sarcopenia and CKD in non‐dialysis patients. Therefore, this study aimed to determine frai...