Calf circumference as a surrogate marker of muscle mass for diagnosing sarcopenia in Japanese men and women

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 969-976

  Kawakami, Ryoko ^a,b,c   Murakami, Haruka ^b   Sanada, Kiyoshi ^d   Tanaka, Noriko ^b   Sawada, Susumu S ^b   Tabata, Izumi ^d   Higuchi, Mitsuru ^a   Miyachi, Motohiko ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Body composition; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Japanese; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SARCOPENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE INDEX; STANDING; AGE; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; JAPAN; LEG; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SARCOPENIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84937899231     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12377     Document Type: Article

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