Prevalence of Sarcopenia Based on Different Diagnostic Criteria Using DEXA and Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Reference Values in an Italian Population Aged 20 to 80

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 507-512

  Coin, Alessandra ^a   Sarti, Silvia ^a   Ruggiero, Elena ^a   Giannini, Sandro ^a   Pedrazzoni, Mario ^b   Minisola, Salvatore ^c   Rossini, Maurizio ^d   Del Puente, Antonio ^e   Inelmen, Emine Meral ^a   Manzato, Enzo ^a   Sergi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; DEXA; Lean mass; Reference values; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84879600987     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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