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The application of different appendicular skeletal muscle cutoff points and research definitions associated with health-related quality of life in Korean older people: data from KNHANES 2008–2011

BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of a low appendicular skeletal muscle index (ASMI) using three cut-off points (mean ASMI-2SD of a gender-specific young reference group (aged 18–39 years), mean ASMI-1SD of a gender-specific young reference group, and the lower 20 perc...

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Autores principales: Kim, Yeon-Pyo, Joh, Ju-Youn, Kim, Sun, Hwang, Hwan-Sik, Shin, Il-Seon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-144