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The Association between Total Protein and Vegetable Protein Intake and Low Muscle Mass among the Community-Dwelling Elderly Population in Northern Taiwan

Sarcopenia, highly linked with fall, frailty, and disease burden, is an emerging problem in aging society. Higher protein intake has been suggested to maintain nitrogen balance. Our objective was to investigate whether pre-sarcopenia status was associated with lower protein intake. A total of 327 co...

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Autores principales: Huang, Ru-Yi, Yang, Kuen-Cheh, Chang, Hao-Hsiang, Lee, Long-Teng, Lu, Chia-Wen, Huang, Kuo-Chin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27322317
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8060373