Body composition explains sex differential in physical performance among older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-100

  Tseng, Lisa A ^a,b   Delmonico, Matthew J ^c   Visser, Marjolein ^d,e   Boudreau, Robert M ^b   Goodpaster, Bret H ^a   Schwartz, Ann V ^f   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^g   Satterfield, Suzanne ^h   Harris, Tamara ^g   Newman, Anne B ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Epidemiology; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY.; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS;

BODY COMPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY.; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84890514541     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt027     Document Type: Article

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