Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Relationship with Sites of Fragility Fractures in Elderly Chinese Men and Women

Wei Hong; Qun Cheng; Xiaoying Zhu; Hanmin Zhu; Huilin Li; Xuemei Zhang; Songbai Zheng; Yanping Du; Wenjing Tang; Sihong Xue; Zhibin Ye

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138102

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Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Relationship with Sites of Fragility Fractures in Elderly Chinese Men and Women

Wei Hong,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Qun Cheng,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Xiaoying Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Hanmin Zhu ,

* E-mail: zhuhanmin@yeah.net (HMZ); yezb2013@163.com (ZBY)

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Huilin Li,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Xuemei Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Songbai Zheng,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yanping Du,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Wenjing Tang,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Sihong Xue,

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Research Section of Geriatric Metabolic Bone Disease, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Zhibin Ye

* E-mail: zhuhanmin@yeah.net (HMZ); yezb2013@163.com (ZBY)

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Relationship with Sites of Fragility Fractures in Elderly Chinese Men and Women

Wei Hong,
Qun Cheng,
Xiaoying Zhu,
Hanmin Zhu,
Huilin Li,
Xuemei Zhang,
Songbai Zheng,
Yanping Du,
Wenjing Tang,
Sihong Xue

Published: September 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138102

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