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Intramuscular fat and physical performance at the Framingham Heart Study

Intramuscular fat may mediate associations between obesity and physical disability. We examined the associations between muscle attenuation, a proxy for intramuscular fat, and physical function. Paraspinous muscle computed tomography attenuation was obtained on a Framingham Heart Study subgroup (n =...

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Published in:Age (Dordr)
Main Authors: Therkelsen, Kate E., Pedley, Alison, Hoffmann, Udo, Fox, Caroline S., Murabito, Joanne M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005897/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26899132
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-016-9893-2
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