Association between low muscle mass and metabolic syndrome in elderly Japanese women.

Association between low muscle mass and metabolic syndrome in elderly Japanese women.

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an important predictor of mortality in older adulthood, but it is not reliably related to measures of body composition such as body mass index in older adults, as opposed to those in earlier life stages. Previous research suggests that skeletal muscle mass is related to...

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Main Authors: Kazushi Nomura, Masato Eto, Sumito Ogawa, Taro Kojima, Katsuya Iijima, Tetsuro Nakamura, Atsushi Araki, Yasuyoshi Ouchi, Masahiro Akishita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243242

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