Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Relationship with Sites of Fragility Fractures in Elderly Chinese Men and Women.

Sarcopenia might be associated with bone fragility in elderly individuals. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with fragility fracture sites in elderly Chinese patients.Patients (322 men and 435 women) aged 65-94 years and with a history of fragility frac...

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Main Authors: Wei Hong, Qun Cheng, Xiaoying Zhu, Hanmin Zhu, Huilin Li, Xuemei Zhang, Songbai Zheng, Yanping Du, Wenjing Tang, Sihong Xue, Zhibin Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4569344?pdf=render