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Differences among skeletal muscle mass indices derived from height-, weight-, and body mass index-adjusted models in assessing sarcopenia

Aging processes are inevitably accompanied by structural and functional changes in vital organs. Skeletal muscle, which accounts for 40% of total body weight, deteriorates quantitatively and qualitatively with aging. Skeletal muscle is known to play diverse crucial physical and metabolic roles in hu...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kyoung Min, Jang, Hak Chul, Lim, Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27334763
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2016.015