Authors
Stephanie A Studenski, Katherine W Peters, Dawn E Alley, Peggy M Cawthon, Robert R McLean, Tamara B Harris, Luigi Ferrucci, Jack M Guralnik, Maren S Fragala, Anne M Kenny, Douglas P Kiel, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Michelle D Shardell, Thuy-Tien L Dam, Maria T Vassileva
Publication date
2014/5/1
Journal
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences
Volume
69
Issue
5
Pages
547-558
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background
Low muscle mass and weakness are common and potentially disabling in older adults, but in order to become recognized as a clinical condition, criteria for diagnosis should be based on clinically relevant thresholds and independently validated. The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium Sarcopenia Project used an evidence-based approach to develop these criteria. Initial findings were presented at a conference in May 2012, which generated recommendations that guided additional analyses to determine final recommended criteria. Details of the Project and its findings are presented in four accompanying manuscripts.
Methods
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia Project used data from nine sources of community-dwelling older persons: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study, Boston …
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