Identification of sarcopenic obesity in postmenopausal women: a cutoff proposal

Sarcopenic obesity is the combination of reduced fat-free mass (FFM) and increased fat mass (FM) with advancing age but there is lack of clear criteria for its identification. The purposes of the present investigation were: 1) to determine the prevalence of postmenopausal women with reduced FFM rela...

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Main Authors: R.J. Oliveira, M. Bottaro, J.T. Júnior, P.T.V. Farinatti, L.A. Bezerra, R.M. Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2011-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011001100014