Sarcopenia, frailty and mortality: the evidence is growing

Affiliations

¹ Academic Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Ageing Geriatrics & Epidemiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University.
² Academic Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Ageing Geriatrics & Epidemiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing and Chronic Disease, Newcastle University and Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

Editorial

R M Dodds et al. Age Ageing. 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;45(5):570-1.

doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw148.

¹ Academic Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Ageing Geriatrics & Epidemiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University.
² Academic Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Ageing Geriatrics & Epidemiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing and Chronic Disease, Newcastle University and Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

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Validation of the FNIH sarcopenia criteria and SOF frailty index as predictors of long-term mortality in ambulatory older men.
De Buyser SL, Petrovic M, Taes YE, Toye KR, Kaufman JM, Lapauw B, Goemaere S. De Buyser SL, et al. Age Ageing. 2016 Sep;45(5):602-8. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw071. Epub 2016 Apr 28. Age Ageing. 2016. PMID: 27126327

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