Associations of BMI and adipose tissue area and density with incident mobility limitation and poor performance in older adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1059-1065

  Murphy, Rachel A ^a   Reinders, Ilse ^a   Register, Thomas C ^b   Ayonayon, Hilsa N ^c   Newman, Anne B ^d   Satterfield, Suzanne ^e   Goodpaster, Bret H ^f   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; THIGH;

EID: 84899020087     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.080796     Document Type: Article

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