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ABSTRACT

Sarcopenia is a high prevalence in the adult population and increases as the age increases, causing complications in patients such as increased risk of falls and fractures, increased morbidity and mortality, and functional impairment. In Costa Rica there are no research studies on sarcopenia. This study determines the prevalence of sarcopenia in elderly of the Hospital de Día del Hospital Nacional de Geriatría y Gerontología in the second half of 2012. The population studied was older than 70 years and the majority of those consulted were women. The study of the prevalence of sarcopenia documented a third of patients with this syndrome and increased as the age increased. More than half of sarcopenic patients are at high risk for falls, a normal cognitive state and no clinical data on depression. And a somewhat alarming percentage of dependence on the activities of daily life.

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