Validation of a description of sarcopenic obesity defined as excess adiposity and low lean mass relative to adiposity.
Joshua F BakerTamara HarrisAllegra RapoportSusan L ZiolkowskiMary B LeonardJin LongBabette ZemelDavid R WeberPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2020)
Body composition-defined measures of sarcopenic obesity defined as excess adiposity and lower-than-expected ALMI relative to FMI are associated with functional deficits and incident disability and overcome the limitations of using %BF in estimating obesity in this context.