Relative sarcopenia and mortality and the modifying effects of chronic kidney disease and adiposity

Abstract Background Conventional definitions of sarcopenia based on lean mass may fail to capture low lean mass relative to higher fat mass, that is, relative sarcopenia. The objective of this study is to determine the associations of sarcopenia and relative sarcopenia with mortality independent of...

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Main Authors: Susan L. Ziolkowski, Jin Long, Joshua F. Baker, Glenn M. Chertow, Mary B. Leonard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12396