Skeletal muscle size is a major predictor of intramuscular fat content regardless of age

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1627-1635

  Akima, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshiko, Akito ^b   Hioki, Maya ^b   Kanehira, Nana ^c   Shimaoka, Kiyoshi ^c   Koike, Teruhiko ^a,b   Sakakibara, Hisataka ^b   Oshida, Yoshiharu ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Tokaigakuen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGING; ANATOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGING; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937965996     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-015-3148-2     Document Type: Article

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