Inflammatory indexes are not associated with sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study

Inflammatory indexes are not associated with sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Inflammatory indexes (platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio [PLR], neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio [NLR], and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio [LMR]) are recently supposed to be the biomarkers of sarcopenia. We aimed to validate the association between these inflammatory indexes and sarcopenia...

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Main Authors: Tianjiao Tang, Lingling Xie, Lingling Tan, Xiaoyi Hu, Ming Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Inflammatory indexes
Sarcopenia
Older adults
Muscle wasting
Muscle atrophy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01857-5

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