A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Body Composition Among Healthy Elderly From the European NU-AGE Study: Sex and Country Specific Features

A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Body Composition Among Healthy Elderly From the European NU-AGE Study: Sex and Country Specific Features

Body composition (BC) is an emerging important factor for the characterization of metabolic status. The assessment of BC has been studied in various populations and diseases such as obesity, diabetes, endocrine diseases as well as physiological and paraphysiological conditions such as growth and agi...

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Main Authors: Aurelia Santoro, Alberto Bazzocchi, Giulia Guidarelli, Rita Ostan, Enrico Giampieri, Daniele Mercatelli, Maria Scurti, Agnes Berendsen, Olga Surala, Amy Jennings, Nathalie Meunier, Elodie Caumon, Rachel Gillings, Fawzi Kadi, Frederic Capel, Kevin D. Cashman, Barbara Pietruszka, Edith J. M. Feskens, Lisette C. P. G. M. De Groot, Giuseppe Battista, Stefano Salvioli, Claudio Franceschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
body composition
DXA
elderly
sex
Europe
fat
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01693/full

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