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Visceral fat area is the measure of obesity best associated with mobility disability in community dwelling oldest-old Chinese adults

BACKGROUND: Although obesity can be clinically defined by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, percent body fat, or visceral fat area, it is unclear which specific measure is best associated with mobility disability in oldest-old adults. METHODS: Among 589 Chinese participants aged 85 years a...

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Autores principales: Chua, Kevin Yiqiang, Lin, Xinyi, Wang, Yeli, Chong, Yap-Seng, Lim, Wee-Shiong, Koh, Woon-Puay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8082923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33910516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02226-6