# Kaisu Pitkälä

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/kaisu-pitkala/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 31,952 |
| Field | Nutrition and Health in Aging |
| h-index | 70 |
| i10-index | 282 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Helsinki |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5027525816 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9659-6985 |
| Works | 621 |

## Researcher papers

- [Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis](https://scholariq.org/papers/sarcopenia-revised-european-consensus-on-definition-and-diagnosis/)
- [The Conceptual Definition of Sarcopenia: Delphi Consensus from the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS)](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-conceptual-definition-of-sarcopenia-delphi-consensus-from-the-global/)
- [Inverse relationship between body mass index and mortality in older nursing home residents: a meta‐analysis of 19,538 elderly subjects](https://scholariq.org/papers/inverse-relationship-between-body-mass-index-and-mortality-in-older-nursing-home/)

## Researcher topics

- [Nutrition and Health in Aging](https://scholariq.org/topics/nutrition-and-health-in-aging/)
- [Frailty in Older Adults](https://scholariq.org/topics/frailty-in-older-adults/)
- [Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/dementia-and-cognitive-impairment-research/)
- [Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes](https://scholariq.org/topics/geriatric-care-and-nursing-homes/)
- [Research in Social Sciences](https://scholariq.org/topics/research-in-social-sciences/)

## Researcher university

- [University of Helsinki](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-helsinki/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.