Hospitalization and change in body composition and strength in a population-based cohort of older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2085-2091

  Alley, Dawn E ^a   Koster, Annemarie ^b   MacKey, Dawn ^c   Cawthon, Peggy ^c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Yu, Binbing ^b   Hardy, Susan ^d   Goodpaster, Bret ^d   Sarkisian, Catherine ^e   Houston, Denise K ^f   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^f   Cummings, Steven ^c   Lee, Jung Sun ^g   Tylavsky, Frances A ^h   Newman, Anne ^d,i   Harris, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

function; hospitalization; lean mass; strength; weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78449304804     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03144.x     Document Type: Article

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