Comparison of Diagnostic Performance of SARC-F and Its Two Modified Versions (SARC-CalF and SARC-F+EBM) in Community-Dwelling Older Adults from Poland.

Roma Krzymińska-Siemaszko Michał Chojnicki Aleksandra Kaluźniak-Szymanowska Marta Lewandowicz Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis

Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2020)

The modified versions of SARC-F have better diagnostic performance as compared to the original questionnaire. Since an ideal screening tool should have reasonably high sensitivity and specificity, and an AUC value above 0.7, the SARC-CalF (33/34cm) seems to be the best screening tool for sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
cross sectional