The impact of different diagnostic criteria on the association of sarcopenia with injurious falls in the CLSA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcopenia definitions recommend different combinations of variables (lean mass, strength, and physical function) and different methods of adjusting lean mass. The purpose of this paper was to address the gaps in the literature regarding how differences in the operationalization of sarcopenia impact the association between sarcopenia and injurious falls.

Methods

Participants included 9936 individuals from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging aged ≥65 years at baseline (2012-2015), with complete data for sarcopenia-related variables, injurious falls, and covariates. Sarcopenia was defined using all combinations of muscle variables (lean mass, grip strength, chair rise test, and gait speed) and methods of adjusting lean mass (height² , weight, body ma

SUBMITTER: Mayhew AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749560 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature