Skeletal-muscle mass of São Paulo city elderly - SABE: Survey: Health, Well-being and Aging

• Main Authors: Luís Alberto Gobbo (Author), Daiana Aparecida Quintiliano S. Dourado (Author), Manuela Ferreira de Almeida (Author), Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte (Author), Maria Lúcia Lebrão (Author), Maria de Fátima Nunes Marucci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The analysis of skeletal muscle mass (SM), either total (TSM) or appendicular (ASM) mass, in the elderly, is important, in order to monitor this component along aging, and these values are more associated with disability when adjusted for height, thus enabling the analysis of total (TSMI) and append...