Muscle Area and Density Assessed by Abdominal Computed Tomography in Healthy Adults: Effect of Normal Aging and Derivation of Reference Values.

Background: A growing body of evidence has demonstrated the prognostic value of skeletal muscle area and quality measured by computed tomography (CT) as biomarkers of sarcopenia and frailty. However, there exists little data in normal healthy subjects to inform reference values and determine the eff...

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Published in:Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 243 - 247
Main Authors: De Marco, D., Mamane, S., Choo, W., Mullie, L., Xue, X., Afilalo, M., Afilalo, Jonathan
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Mar2022
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