Associations of physical activity with sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in middle-aged and older adults: the Louisiana osteoporosis study

• Main Authors: Yan Du (Author), Tao Xu (Author), Zenong Yin (Author), Sara Espinoza (Author), Yiqiong Xie (Author), Caleb Gentry (Author), Qing Tian (Author), Lan-Juan Zhao (Author), Hui Shen (Author), Zhe Luo (Author), Hong-Wen Deng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background This study examined the associations between physical activity, obesity, and sarcopenia in middle-aged and older adults. Methods We analyzed the data of 8, 919 study participants aged between 45 to 97 (mean age = 57.2 ± 8.8) from a Southern state in the United States. Self-report...