Associations between body composition and gait-speed decline: Results from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study1-4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 552-560

  Beavers, Kristen M ^a   Beavers, Daniel P ^a   Houston, Denise K ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Hue, Trisha F ^c   Koster, Annemarie ^d   Newman, Anne B ^d,e   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Studenski, Stephanie A ^a,d   Nicklas, Barbara J ^a   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; THIGH; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84874324257     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.047860     Document Type: Article

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