Quality Matters as Much as Quantity of Skeletal Muscle: Clinical Implications of Myosteatosis in Cardiometabolic Health

Although age-related changes in skeletal muscles are closely associated with decreases in muscle strength and functional decline, their associations with cardiometabolic diseases in the literature are inconsistent. Such inconsistency could be explained by the fact that muscle quality—which is closel...

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Main Authors: Hong-Kyu Kim, Chul-Hee Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Endocrine Society 2021-12-01
Series:Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.e-enm.org/upload/pdf/enm-2021-1348.pdf