Prevalence of sarcopenia and individual- and country-level risk factors in 36 countries: pooled analysis of nationally representative individual data.
BACKGROUND
Sarcopenia is an age-related condition that contributes to disability and healthcare burden worldwide. Yet cross-national evidence on prevalence and multi-level risk factors is limited.
METHODS
We pooled data from 10 nationally representative or population-based ageing studies, including 144 226 adults aged ≥50 years...
