The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) listed a number of measures for identifying sarcopenia in an older adult.
Patient selection: older adult >= 65 years
Parameters:
(1) grip strength in kg
(2) BMI
(3) sex
grip strength adjusted to BMI =
= (grip strength) / BMI
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Measure
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Male with Sarcopenia
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Female with Sarcopenia
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grip strength
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< 26 kg
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< 16 kg
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grip strength adjusted to BMI
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< 1.00
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< 0.56
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