Basal Metabolic Rate Parameters, Sarcopenia, and Frailty in Older Males

I read the recent article published in this journal by Soysal et al1 with interest. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the association between the basal metabolic rate (BMR) with several adjustments, frailty, and sarcopenia in 305 older males. Several comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) parameters were also used for the analysis, and the predictive ability of BMR parameters was evaluated for detecting sarcopenia, frailty, and CGA status. The adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of subjects without sarcopenia for higher BMR per body surface area (BSA) was 6.60 (3.52-12.38).