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The Journals of Gerontology Series A· 2014Q1

The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates

Stephanie A. Studenski, Katherine W. Peters, Dawn E. Alley, Peggy M. Cawthon et al.

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The FNIH Sarcopenia Project established evidence-based diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia, recommending cutpoints for weakness (<26kg grip strength for men, <16kg for women) and low lean mass (<0.789 BMI-adjusted appendicular lean mass for men, <0.512 for women) based on a pooled sample of 26,625 older adults.

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Field: Physiology

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