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Adiposity to muscle ratio predicts incident physical limitation in a cohort of 3,153 older adults—an alternative measurement of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity

Conventionally, sarcopenia is defined by muscle mass and physical performance. We hypothesized that the disability caused by sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity was related to the amount of adiposity or body weight bearing on a unit of muscle mass, or the adiposity to muscle ratio. We therefore examin...

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Main Authors: Auyeung, Tung Wai, Lee, Jenny Shun Wah, Leung, Jason, Kwok, Timothy, Woo, Jean
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2012
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705102/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22614096
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-012-9423-9
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