Greater skeletal muscle fat infiltration is associated with higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in older men

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1133-1140

  Miljkovic, Iva ^a   Kuipers, Allison L ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^a   Prasad, Tanushree ^a   Lee, Christine G ^b   Ensrud, Kristine E ^c   Cawthon, Peggy M ^d   Hoffman, Andrew R ^e   Dam, Thuy Tien ^f   Gordon, Christopher L ^g   Zmuda, Joseph M ^a  

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

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Mortality; Muscle density; Skeletal muscle fat infiltration

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943312026     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv027     Document Type: Article

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