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Aug 2026
The relationship between the uric acid to prealbumin ratio and frailty, muscle strength, and malnutrition risk in older geriatric outpatients: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Frailty, sarcopenia, and malnutrition are common in older adults; however, simple biomarkers reflecting both inflammatory and nutritional status remain limited. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between the uric acid-to-prealbumin ratio (UPR) and frailty, muscle strength, and the risk of malnutrition. In this retro...
Orhan Çiçek, Ilyas Akkar, Z. Turgut et al.
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