Phenotypic differences between people varying in muscularity.
Steven B HeymsfieldBrooke SmithElizabeth A ChungKrista L WattsMaria Cristina GonzalezShengping YangMoonseong HeoDiana M ThomasDusty TurnerAnja Bosy-WestphalManfred J MüllerPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2022)
Muscle mass is the largest body compartment in most adults without obesity and is widely variable in mass across people of similar body size and age; and high muscularity is accompanied by distinct body composition and metabolic characteristics. This previously unrecognized heterogeneity in muscularity in the general population has important clinical and research implications.