This study is a hospital-based, prospective cohort study to elucidate the predictive factors including muscle and fat mass for chronic diseases and mortality in elderly persons aged 60 years and older.
This study is a hospital-based, prospective cohort study to elucidate the predictive factors among anthropometric and biochemical parameters and body composition information for chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis, fracture, and cognitive dysfunction, and mortality in elderly persons aged 60 years and older.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,000
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Alll cause mortality
Time frame: 9 years
Cardiometabolic mortality
Time frame: 9 years
Incidence of major adverse cardiac event including nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, and unstable angina
Time frame: 9 years
Incidence of frailty defined by the Korean Fraility Index
Time frame: 9 years
Incidence of osteoporotic fracture
Time frame: 9 years
Incidence of cognitive dysfunction measured by minimental status examination
Time frame: 9 years
Development of sarcopenia defined by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) criteria
Time frame: 9 years
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