title: Significance of population differences and the methodology in determining the muscle mass cut-off points for sarcopenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulistan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bahat
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Asli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tufan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tufan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Karan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000075485:Population Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012016:Reference Values; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000175:diagnosis*