Associations of skeletal muscle mass and fat mass with incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants

<br><strong>Background<br></strong> There is debate whether body mass index is a good predictor of health outcomes because different tissues, namely skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and fat mass (FM), may be differentially associated with risk. We investigated the association of ap...

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Main Authors: Knowles, R, Carter, J, Jebb, S, Bennett, D, Lewington, S, Piernas Sanchez, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley Open Access 2021