Adiposity to muscle ratio predicts incident physical limitation in a cohort of 3,153 older adults-an alternative measurement of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1377-1385

  Auyeung, Tung Wai ^a,b   Lee, Jenny Shun Wah ^a   Leung, Jason ^a   Kwok, Timothy ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b POK OI HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly. Muscle mass; Fat mass; Physical limitations; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenic obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSITY TO MUSCLE RATIO; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEG MUSCLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SARCOPENIA; SARCOPENIC OBESITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING SPEED; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84891717265     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9423-9     Document Type: Article

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