<P> A study, in community dwelling older adults with an average age of 67 years, found the UK prevalence of sarcopenia to be 4.6% in men and 7.9% in women using the EWGSOP approach . Another study, conducted in the United States among older adults with an average age of 70.1 years, found the prevalence of sarcopenia to be 36.5% . Sarcopenia affects about half of people over 80 in New Mexico . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Due to the lessened physical activity and increased longevity of industrialized populations, sarcopenia is emerging as a major health concern . Sarcopenia may progress to the extent that an older person may lose his or her ability to live independently . Furthermore, sarcopenia is an important independent predictor of disability in population - based studies, linked to poor balance, gait speed, falls, and fractures . Sarcopenia can be thought of as a muscular analog of osteoporosis, which is loss of bone, also caused by inactivity and counteracted by exercise . The combination of osteoporosis and sarcopenia results in the significant frailty often seen in the elderly population . </P>

Is the term given to describe age related loss of muscle mass and strength