Impact of sarcopenia and phase angle on mortality of the very elderly

• Main Authors: Young Eun Kwon (Author), Jung Sun Lee (Author), Jee‐young Kim (Author), Song In Baeg (Author), Hye Min Choi (Author), Hong‐Bae Kim (Author), Joon Young Yang (Author), Dong‐Jin Oh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sarcopenia is a major component of geriatric syndrome and associated with poor clinical outcomes and mortality. However, diagnosing sarcopenia in the very elderly is difficult, and data on its epidemiology and devastating effects in this group are scarce. Phase angle (PA) is meas...