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Osteopenia/Osteoporosis and Its Association with Sarcopenia: EpiFloripa Aging S...
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Ono,Lariane Mortean; Marques,Larissa Pruner; Ceolin,Gilciane; d'Orsi,Eleonora; Barbosa,Aline RodriguesObjective: To verify the association between sarcopenia and osteopenia/osteoporosis in the older population from Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. - Methods: A cross-sectional study with 598 older adults. The bone mineral density (BMD) was evaluated by total BMD, lumbar spine BMD (LS-BMD), femoral neck BMD (FN-BMD), and osteopenia/osteoporosis was defined when BMD (g/cm²) <1 standard deviation of the sample mean...
Sarcopenia, bone mineral density, and vitamin D: EpiFloripa aging study 2013/2014
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Ono,Lariane Mortean; Marques,Larissa Pruner; Figueiró,Thamara Hubler; Ceolin,Gilciane; Barbosa,Aline Rodrigues; d’Orsi,Eleonora<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To verify associations between osteopenia/osteoporosis and vitamin D and sarcopenia in the older adult population of Florianópolis, Brazil.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> A cross-sectional population-based study, with 604 older adults (60 years and over). The appendicular muscle mass index (AMMI) was used to identify sarcopenia, with cutoffs of AMMI (Kg/m<sup>2</sup>) < 7.26 kg/m<sup>2</sup> for me...