A study on relationship between elderly sarcopenia and inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-α

Abstract Background This report aims to study the relationship between sarcopenia of elderly in community and inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-α. Methods A total of 441 elders who undertook physical examinations were included into this study. The age of these subjects were >60, in which 235 subj...

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Main Authors: Ai-Lin Bian, Hui-Ying Hu, Yu-Dong Rong, Jian Wang, Jun-Xiong Wang, Xin-Zi Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40001-017-0266-9