Associations of sarcopenic obesity versus sarcopenia alone with functionality.
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2021Author
Kilic, Cihan
Ozturk, Savaş
Ozkok, Serdar
Karan, Mehmet Akif
BAHAT-ÖZTÜRK, Gülistan
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Background & aims: There have been several attempts to come up with a global operational definition of sarcopenia (S), and consequently, a definition of S has been established, to some extent. That said, the definition of sarcopenic obesity (SO), which is defined as the presence of obesity + sarcopenia, remains obscure, hindering evaluations of the prevalence and relevance of SO. It has yet to be elucidated whether SO is associated with worse functionality when compared to S alone (S without obesity). In the present study, we compare SO and S alone in terms of their associations with functional measures through the application of alternative definitions of SO. As a secondary output, we document the prevalence of SO based on alternative definitions.
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