Adiposity, muscle mass, and muscle strength in relation to functional decline in older persons

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-65

  Schaap, Laura A ^a   Koster, Annemarie ^b   Visser, Marjolein ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adiposity; aging; body composition; muscle strength; muscles; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CINAHL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EMBASE; FAT MASS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDLINE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84874484184     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxs006     Document Type: Article

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