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Sarcopenia in Egypt: epidemiology of sarcopenia risk among older adults presenting with fragility fractures—an initiative by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

مؤلف البحث
Yasser El Miedany, Maha El Gaafary, Naglaa Gadallah, Walaa Elwakil, Waleed Hassan, Nihal Fathi, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Samar abd Alhamed Tabra, Radwa H Shalaby, Safaa Mahran
تاريخ البحث
مجلة البحث
Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
سنة البحث
2023
صفحات البحث
62
ملخص البحث

(1) This was a multi-center, cross-sectional, observational study. Both old men and postmenopausal women over 50 years old who were admitted with an osteoporotic fracture (whether hip fracture or major osteoporosis) were consecutively recruited for this work and managed under the Fracture Liaison Service. All the patients were assessed for their sarcopenia risk (SARC-F), fracture risk (FRAX), and fall risk (FRAS) as well as functional disability (HAQ). The aim was to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia risk among older adult Egyptians presenting with fragility fractures. (2) To identify the relation between sarcopenia risk with the risk of falling as well as sustaining a fragility fracture.

Results

Two hundred and thirty-six patients (69 males, 167 females) were included in this work. The mean age was 70.1 (SD = 9.2) years. The prevalence of sarcopenia was 69.7%. The sarcopenia risk score was positively …