Methodological issues in determination of low muscle mass reference cut-off values: Reply to Comment on "Cut-off points to identify sarcopenia according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Capa, 34390 Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: gbahatozturk@yahoo.com.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Capa, 34390 Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

Comment

Gulistan Bahat et al. Clin Nutr. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;36(3):903-904.

doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.02.023. Epub 2017 Mar 11.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Capa, 34390 Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: gbahatozturk@yahoo.com.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Capa, 34390 Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

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Keywords: Cut-off points; EWGSOP; Methodology; Sarcopenia; Turkey.

Comment on

Cut-off points to identify sarcopenia according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition.
Bahat G, Tufan A, Tufan F, Kilic C, Akpinar TS, Kose M, Erten N, Karan MA, Cruz-Jentoft AJ. Bahat G, et al. Clin Nutr. 2016 Dec;35(6):1557-1563. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.02.002. Epub 2016 Feb 11. Clin Nutr. 2016. PMID: 26922142
Comment on "Cut-off points to identify sarcopenia according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition".
Soysal P, Isik AT. Soysal P, et al. Clin Nutr. 2016 Dec;35(6):1586. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.09.007. Epub 2016 Sep 17. Clin Nutr. 2016. PMID: 27681380 No abstract available.