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SUBMITTER: Reinders I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5006223 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Reinders Ilse I Murphy Rachel A RA Brouwer Ingeborg A IA Visser Marjolein M Launer Lenore L Siggeirsdottir Kristin K Eiriksdottir Gudny G Gudnason Vilmundur V Jonsson Palmi V PV Lang Thomas F TF Harris Tamara B TB
American journal of epidemiology 20151206 1
Muscle composition may affect mortality risk, but prior studies have been limited to specific samples or less precise determination of muscle composition. We evaluated associations of thigh muscle composition, determined using computed tomography imaging, and knee extension strength with mortality risk among 4,824 participants aged 76.4 (standard deviation (SD), 5.5) years from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES)-Reykjavik Study (2002-2006). Cox proportional hazards models were used ...[more]