Inflammatory indexes are not associated with sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study.
Tianjiao TangLingling XieLingling TanXiaoyi HuMing YangPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2020)
Our study did not support the utility of the inflammatory indexes (NLR, PLR, and LMR) as the biomarkers of sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older people. However, considering the inflammatory indexes can be simply calculated from a routine blood test, further studies in different populations remain warranted.