Total body mass, fat mass, fat-free mass, and skeletal muscle in older people: Cross-sectional differences in 60-year-old persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1633-1640

  Kyle, Ursula G ^a   Genton, Laurence ^a   Hans, Didier ^a   Karsegard, Veronique L ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Slosman, Daniel O ^a   Pichard, Claude ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Older; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle mass; Total body potassium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0035661501     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.t01-1-49272.x     Document Type: Article

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