Derivation and validation of simple equations to predict total muscle mass from simple anthropometric and demographic data

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1041-1051

  Al Gindan, Yasmin Y ^a   Hankey, Catherine ^a   Govan, Lindsay ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^c   Lean, Michael E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WHOLE BODY MRI; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907266312     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.070466     Document Type: Article

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