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Muscle mass measures and incident osteoporosis in a large cohort of postmenopausal women.

Maria PapageorgiouThozhukat SathyapalanRudolph Schutte
Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2018)
Muscle mass measures adjusted for height only (SMM/ht2 , aSMM/ht2 ) appear to be better muscle-relevant risk factors for incident osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, including when stratified into lean participants and participants with increased adiposity.
Keyphrases
  • postmenopausal women
  • bone mineral density
  • cardiovascular disease
  • body mass index
  • skeletal muscle
  • insulin resistance
  • weight gain
  • type diabetes
  • physical activity
  • adipose tissue
  • weight loss