Weight stability masks sarcopenia in elderly men and women

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 279, Issue 2 42-2, 2000, Pages

  Gallagher, Dympna ^a,d   Ruts, Else ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^b   Heshka, Stanley ^a   Baumgartner, Richard N ^c   Wang, Jack ^a   Pierson, Richard N ^a   Pi Sunyer, F Xavier ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body composition; Longitudinal study; Skeletal muscle mass

Indexed keywords

FAT; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0033865458     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.279.2.e366     Document Type: Article

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