Lean mass index: A better predictor of mortality than body mass index in elderly Asians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 312-317

  Han, Seung Seok ^a   Kim, Ki Woong ^a   Kim, Kwang Il ^a,b   Na, Ki Young ^a,b   Chae, Dong Wan ^a,b   Kim, Suhnggwon ^a,b   Chin, Ho Jun ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Elderly; Fat; Lean mass; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75749084041     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02672.x     Document Type: Article

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