Healio

Waist-calf circumference ratio shows potential as indicator of mortality in older adults

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A greater waist-calf circumference ratio was associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cause-specific ...
Healio

Calf circumference predicts falls in older patients on hemodialysis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Calf circumference, higher BMI and age are predictors of falls among older patients on hemodialysis, according ...
News Medical

Is there an association between waist-calf circumference ratio and all-cause and cause-specific mortality?

In a community-based cohort study published in BMC Public Health, researchers studied how anthropometric measures like the waist-calf circumference ratio (WCR), waist circumference (WC), calf ...
Medscape

How Should Muscle Mass Be Measured in Heart Failure?

In patients with heart failure, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and arm muscle circumference (AMC) are more significantly associated with prognosis than guideline-recommended skeletal muscle mass ...
Nature

Muscle function-dependent sarcopenia and cut-off values of possible predictors in community-dwelling Turkish elderly: calf circumference, midarm muscle circumference and ...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of muscle strength-based sarcopenia and to determine possible predictors. A total of 879 elderly subjects, 50.1% of whom were female, were ...