Association between sarcopenia and mortality in healthy older people

To evaluate the association between loss of fat-free mass and mortality among older people.Information of healthy Chilean older people evaluated by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry was used, identifying those who died in a period of 12 years. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify mortality predictors. Life tables were constructed calculating survival using predictive variables.Information from 1413 participants aged 74.3 ± 5.6...