Prevalence of sarcopenia and associated factors among Thai population

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-350

  Pongchaiyakul, Chatlert ^a   Limpawattana, Panita ^a   Kotruchin, Praew ^a   Rajatanavin, Rajata ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aging; Epidemiology; Fat free mass; Skeletal muscle; Skeletal muscle index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE INDEX; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SARCOPENIA; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878523363     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: 14355604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-013-0422-4     Document Type: Article

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