High baseline values of fat mass, independently of appendicular skeletal mass, predict 2-year onset of disability in elderly subjects at the high end of the functional spectrum

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-159

  Zoico, Elena ^a   Di Francesco, Vincenzo ^a   Mazzali, Gloria ^a   Zivelonghi, Alessandra ^a   Volpato, Stefano ^b   Bortolani, Arianna ^a   Dioli, Andrea ^a   Coin, Alessandra ^c   Bosello, Ottavio ^a   Zamboni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; BMI; Body composition; Disability; Obesity; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE MASS; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34249010829     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324682     Document Type: Article

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