Muscle Quality and Myosteatosis: Novel Associations with Mortality Risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-60

  Reinders, Ilse ^a   Murphy, Rachel A ^a   Brouwer, Ingeborg A ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^a   Launer, Lenore ^a   Siggeirsdottir, Kristin ^a   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^a   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^a   Jonsson, Palmi V ^a   Lang, Thomas F ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; aging; computed tomography; mortality risk; muscle; muscle composition; strength

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MORTALITY RISK; MUSCLE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; THIGH; AGE; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; ICELAND; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ICELAND; REYKJAVIK;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84954206753     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv153     Document Type: Article

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