Combined fat mass and fat-free mass indices and lung function among Japanese population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study.
Masato TakaseMitsuhiro YamadaTomohiro NakamuraNaoki NakayaMana KogureRieko HatanakaKumi NakayaIppei ChibaIkumi KannoKotaro NochiokaNaho TsuchiyaTakumi HirataYohei HamanakaJunichi SugawaraTomoko KobayashiNobuo FuseAkira UrunoEiichi N KodamaShinichi KuriyamaIchiro TsujiAtsushi HozawaPublished in: Journal of epidemiology (2023)
Higher FMI was associated with lower lung function independent of FFMI; higher FFMI was associated with higher lung function independent of FMI. Reducing FMI and maintaining FFMI might be important for respiratory health.