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Distribution but not amount of protein intake is associated with frailty: a cross-sectional investigation in the region of Nürnberg

BACKGROUND: To preserve muscle mass and therefore limit the risk of disability in older adults protein intake is seen as important factor. Besides the amount of protein, its distribution over the day is thought to affect protein anabolism. This cross-sectional study investigates the association betw...

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Autores principales: Bollwein, Julia, Diekmann, Rebecca, Kaiser, Matthias J, Bauer, Jürgen M, Uter, Wolfgang, Sieber, Cornel C, Volkert, Dorothee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23915061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-109