Gender and age differences in lean soft tissue mass and sarcopenia among healthy elderly

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-151

  Kirchengast, Sylvia ^a   Huber, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ageing; Gender differences; Lean body mass; Sacropenia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THINNESS;

EID: 70349786790     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0018     Document Type: Article

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