Muscle mass, BMI, and mortality among adults in the United States: A population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: The level of body-mass index (BMI) associated with the lowest risk of death remains unclear. Although differences in muscle mass limit the utility of BMI as a measure of adiposity, no study has directly examined the effect of muscle mass on the BMI-mortality relationship. METHODS: Body c...

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Autores principales: Abramowitz, Matthew K., Hall, Charles B., Amodu, Afolarin, Sharma, Deep, Androga, Lagu, Hawkins, Meredith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29641540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194697

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