Body composition assessment for sarcopenic obesity and 3-year mortality in older adults: A comparison study.

Background: There is no universally accepted definition of sarcopenic obesity (SO), and its prevalence is ambiguous. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of SO in older adults based on different definitions and determine which predicts all-cause mortality.

Methods: This prospective longitudinal follow-up study included outpatients aged ≥60 years.

The association of decreased testosterone with atherosclerosis and inflammation in male predialysis patients with chronic kidney disease.

Purpose: To investigate the frequency of hypogonadism and its relationship to inflammation and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in male patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Methods: A total of 105 patients with CKD, 55 (52.4%) as stage 3, 33 (31.

Sleep quality and risk factors of atherosclerosis in predialysis chronic kidney disease.

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have more frequent sleep disorders and cardiovascular disease than normals. Since arterial stiffness as a risk factor of atherosclerosis can be evaluated with pulse wave velocity (PWV), we aimed to investigate the prevalance of sleep quality (SQ) and the relationship between SQ and risk factors of atherosclerosis and whether there is a relationship between SQ and PWV (the indicator of arterial stiffness) in predialysis CKD patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in CKD patients followed at the Nephrology Department in Konya, Turkey, between November 2014 and March 2015.