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SUBMITTER: Westbury LD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116771 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Calcified tissue international 20201115 3
We investigated how baseline values and rates of decline in components of sarcopenia and other body composition parameters relate to adverse clinical outcomes using the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. 2689 participants aged 70-79 years were studied. Appendicular lean mass, whole body fat mass, and total hip BMD were ascertained using DXA; muscle strength by grip dynamometry; and muscle function by gait speed. Baseline values and 2-3 year conditional changes (independent of baseline) i ...[more]