Prevalence of sarcopenia estimated using a bioelectrical impedance analysis prediction equation in community-dwelling elderly people in Taiwan

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1710-1715

  Chien, Meng Yueh ^b   Huang, Ta Yi ^c   Wu, Ying Tai ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VOLUNTEER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51249114503     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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