Sarcopenia, long-term conditions, and multimorbidity: findings from UK Biobank participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle strength and mass, predicts adverse outcomes and becomes common with age. There is recognition that sarcopenia may occur at younger ages in those with long-term conditions (LTCs) as well as those with multimorbidity (the presence of two or more LTCs), but their relationships have been little explored. Our aims were to describe the prevalence of sarcopenia in UK Biobank, a large sample of men and women aged 40-70 years, and to explore relationships with different categories of LTCs and multimorbidity.

Methods

We used data from 499 046 participants in the baseline of UK Biobank. Our main outcome was probable sarcopenia based on maximum grip strength below sex-specific cut-points. Participants' LTCs were recorded during an interview and

SUBMITTER: Dodds RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature