NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND SARCOPENIA IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS

Abstract

Individual-level socioeconomic characteristics are known to predict sarcopenia, but less is known about how the neighborhood context shapes this debilitating problem among older adults. This study aims to examine the association between nSES and sarcopenia. We included 943 older adults aged over 60 years (56.0% female, mean age 72 ± 8.1).

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