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Factors Associated with Sarcopenia and 7-Year Mortality in Very Old Patients with Hip Fracture Admitted to Rehabilitation Units: A Pragmatic Study.

Vincenzo MalafarinaConcetta MalafarinaArantzazu Biain UgarteJosé Alfredo Martínez HernándezJosé Alfredo MartínezMaría de Los Ángeles Zulet
Published in: Nutrients (2019)
Older patients with undernutrition have a higher risk of developing sarcopenia during hospital stay, and sarcopenic patients have almost two times more risk of mortality than non-sarcopenic patients during follow-up after hip fracture.
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