Prevalence and overlap of sarcopenia, frailty, cachexia and malnutrition in older medical inpatients

Abstract Background Sarcopenia, frailty, cachexia and malnutrition are widespread syndromes in older people, characterized by loss of body tissue and related to poor outcome. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence of these syndromes and their overlap in older medic...

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Main Authors: Anne Gingrich, Dorothee Volkert, Eva Kiesswetter, Marta Thomanek, Svenja Bach, Cornel C. Sieber, Yurdagül Zopf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1115-1