Lower resting metabolic rate in the elderly may not be entirely due to changes in body composition

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Krems, C ^a   Luhrmann P M ^a   Strassburg A ^a   Hartmann, B ^a   Neuhäuser Berthold, Monika ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body composition; Elderly; Resting metabolic rate; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIMETRY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NUTRITION; PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 14044276882     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602066     Document Type: Article

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