Sarcopenia Definition Outcome Consortium – Defined Weakness and Risk of Falls: The National Health and Aging Trends Survey

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Batsis, John A.; Haudenschild, Christian; Crow, Rebecca S.; Gilliam, Meredith; & Mackenzie, Todd A. (2023). Sarcopenia Definition Outcome Consortium - Defined Weakness and Risk of Falls: The National Health and Aging Trends Survey. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 23(3), 213-220. PMCID: PMC9992327

Abstract

AIM: The prevalence of obesity continues to rise, as does that of weakness. However, it is unclear how this impacts the risk of falling. We aimed to ascertain the risk of falls using new definitions of clinically defined weakness.
METHODS: We applied clinically defined weakness definitions to the National Health and Aging Trends Survey using the Sarcopenia Definitions Outcomes Consortium cutpoints. Three exposure variables were created: grip-strength-defined weakness and body mass index [GS/BMI]-defined obesity; weakness and obesity, weakness and waist circumference-derived obesity (GS/WC); and weakness defined by a ratio of GS÷BMI. Proportional hazards modeled incident falls as a function of weakness with/without obesity (hazard ratio [HR] [95% confidence intervals]).
RESULTS: Of 4906 respondents aged 

URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14548

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2023

Journal Title

Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Author(s)

Batsis, John A.
Haudenschild, Christian
Crow, Rebecca S.
Gilliam, Meredith
Mackenzie, Todd A.

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC9992327

Data Set/Study

National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

Continent/Country

United States of America

State

Nonspecific

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Batis - 0000-0002-2823-6651