Elderly Mexicans have less muscle and greater total and truncal fat compared to African-Americans and Caucasians with the same BMI

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 919-923

  Aleman Mateo, H ^a,c   Lee, S Y ^b,c   Javed, F ^c   Thornton, J ^c   Heymsfield, S B ^c   Pierson, R N ^c   Pi Sunyer, F X ^c   Wang, Z M ^c   Wang, J ^c   Gallagher, D ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicular skeletal muscle; BMI; Elderly; Ethnicity; Fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 74049102702     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0252-1     Document Type: Article

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