The role of muscle mass and body fat on disability among older adults: A cross-national analysis

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Tyrovolas, Stefanos ^a,b   Koyanagi, Ai ^a,b   Olaya, Beatriz ^a,b   Ayuso Mateos, Jose Luis ^b,c   Miret, Marta ^b,c   Chatterji, Somnath ^d   Tobiasz Adamczyk, Beata ^e   Koskinen, Seppo ^f   Leonardi, Matilde ^g   Haro, Josep Maria ^a,b  

^a PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario de La Princesa   (Spain)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability; Older adults; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenic obesity; WHODAS 2.0

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY FAT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GHANA; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEXICO; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SARCOPENIA; SARCOPENIC OBESITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84934901936     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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