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Adipose Tissue, Muscle, and Function: Potential Mediators of Associations Between Body Weight and Mortality in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

OBJECTIVE: Studies in type 2 diabetes report both increased mortality for normal weight and no evidence of an obesity paradox. We aimed to examine whether adipose tissue, muscle size, and physical function, which are known to vary by weight, mediate associations between BMI and mortality. RESEARCH D...

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Autores principales: Murphy, Rachel A., Reinders, Ilse, Garcia, Melissa E., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Launer, Lenore J., Benediktsson, Rafn, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Jonsson, Palmi V., Harris, Tamara B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25315206
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc14-0293