Skeletal Muscle and Mortality Results From the InCHIANTI Study

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass, may not be an isolated process but is associated with an increase in fat mass. The aim of this study was to estimate the mortality risk of sarcopenia in the presence or absence of obesity. METHODS: Data are from 934 participants aged 65 ye...

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Main Authors: Cesari, Matteo, Pahor, Marco, Lauretani, Fulvio, Zamboni, Valentina, Bandinelli, Stefania, Bernabei, Roberto, Guralnik, Jack M., Ferrucci, Luigi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2009
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Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655006/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19181709
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gln031
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