Low fat-free mass as a marker of mortality in community-dwelling healthy elderly subjects

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-39

  Genton, Laurence ^a   Graf, Christophe E ^a   Karsegard, Véronique L ^a   Kyle, Ursula G ^a,b   Pichard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Fat free mass; Fat free mass index; Mortality; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW FAT FREE MASS INDEX; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871282387     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs091     Document Type: Article

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