Sarcopenia and malnutrition in relation to mortality in hospitalised patients in geriatric care - predictive validity of updated diagnoses.

Background And Aim: The definition of sarcopenia was recently updated by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia (EWGSOP2), and consensus criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition have been presented by the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM). The aim of this study was to investigate prevalence and mortality related to categorisation of patients according to these definitions in a geriatric hospital setting.

Method: Fifty-six consecutive geriatric inpatients (84y (SD 7.

Sarcopenia prevalence and associations with mortality and hospitalisation by various sarcopenia definitions in 85-89 year old community-dwelling men: a report from the ULSAM study.

Background: Operational definitions of sarcopenia, i.e. loss of muscle function and mass, have been proposed by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia Project (FNIH).