Weight change, body composition, and risk of mobility disability and mortality in older adults: A population-based cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1476-1483

  Murphy, Rachel A ^a   Patel, Kushang V ^b   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^c   Houston, Denise K ^c   Newman, Anne B ^d   Koster, Annemarie ^e   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Tylvasky, Frances A ^f   Cawthon, Peggy M ^g   Harris, Tamara B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^g CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body composition; muscle loss; obesity; physical function

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; MUSCLE LOSS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FUNCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84906083131     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12954     Document Type: Article

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