Browsing by Subject "Sarcopenia"
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(Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía, 2016)Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. Obesity prevalence in Chilean older adults (OA) is increasing, associated with several negative health outcomes. Therefore, determining critical periods of adiposity increase ...
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(Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)Objetivos: Estimar y validar puntos de corte de índice de masa muscular esquelética (IMMAE) en adultos mayores chilenos, para el diagnóstico de sarcopenia Métodos: Estimación de puntos de corte para IMMAE determinados ...
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(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2016)Objective: To analyse the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in healthy adolescents of low to middle socio-economic status and to study the influence of anthropometric, biological and lifestyle factors on the risk ...
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(BMC, 2022)Background Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of capacities linked to fundamental alterations/damage in multiple cellular and molecular pathways. It is the most significant risk factor for all non-communicable ...
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(Elsevier, 2016)Introduction: Muscle mass and function are among the most relevant factors that contribute to an optimal quality of life, and are strong predictors of mortality in the elderly. Loss of lean tissues and deterioration of ...
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(Elsevier, 2015)Background: Simple and reliable methods to evaluate muscle mass in older people are lacking. Aim: To evaluate ultrasound as a measure of RF muscle mass and quality in healthy subjects of different ages and gender, ...
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(JMIR Publications, 2020)Background: The usual diagnosis of sarcopenia requires a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) exam, which has low accessibility in primary care for Latin American countries. Objective: The aim of this study is to ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2020)Increasing clinical and experimental evidence accumulated during the past few decades supports an important role for dietary advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) in the pathogenesis of many chronic non-infectious diseases, ...