Utility of creatinine excretion in body-composition studies of healthy men and women older than 60 y

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-156

  Welle, Stephen ^a,b   Thornton, Charles ^a   Totterman, Saara ^a   Forbes, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Monroe Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body composition; Creatinine excretion; lean body mass; muscle mass; protein turnover; resting metabolic rate; strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0030042927     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.2.151     Document Type: Article

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