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Percentage of sarcopenia in the study population: IBD patients, healthy controls, geriatric controls and geriatric sarcopenic controls. (a) Loss of skeletal muscle mass, (b) loss of muscle strength, and (c) loss of skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength: sarcopenia. Abbreviations. IBD: Inflammatory Bowel Disease; DEXA: Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry; BIA: Bio-Impedensometric Analysis. VAS: Visual Analogue Scales. ASMI: Appendicular Skeletal Mass Index.
