Measuring Sarcopenia Severity in Older Adults and the Value of Effective Interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little is known about the severity and long-term health and economic consequences of sarcopenia. We developed a sarcopenia index to measure severity in older Americans and estimated the long-term societal benefits generated by effective interventions to mitigate severity.

Design

Using a micro-simulation model, we quantified the potential societal value generated in the US in 2010-2040 by reductions in sarcopenia severity in older adults. All analyses were performed in Stata and SAS.

Setting and participants

Secondary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (N = 1634) and Health and Retirement Study (HRS) (N = 952) were used to develop a sarcopenia severity index in older adults.

Measurements

Multi-trait multi-method an

SUBMITTER: MacEwan JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6302764 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature