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Associated factors with sarcopenia among Mexican elderly: 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey

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2018

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María Claudia Espinel‐Bermúdez, Sergio Sánchez‐García, Carmen García‐Peña, Xóchitl Trujillo, Miguel Huerta, Víctor Granados-García, Sandra O. Hernández‐González, Elva Dolores Arias‐Merino
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Abstract

Sarcopenia was more prevalent in women and it increases with age. It has a significant relationship with falls, cognitive impairment, central obesity and high levels of marginalization.