Developing a toolkit for the assessment and monitoring of musculoskeletal ageing

GJ Kemp, F Birrell, PD Clegg, DJ Cuthbertson… - Age and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The complexities and heterogeneity of the ageing process have slowed the development of
consensus on appropriate biomarkers of healthy ageing. The Medical Research Council …

Fat mass has negative effects on bone, especially in men: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2011-2018

RK Jain, T Vokes - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context The effect of high levels of obesity on bone health are not clear. Objective We aimed
to examine the associations of body composition and bone mineral density (BMD) in a large …

Nutrient-rich dairy proteins improve appendicular skeletal muscle mass and physical performance, and attenuate the loss of muscle strength in older men and women …

H Alemán-Mateo, VR Carreón, L Macías… - … interventions in aging, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background At present, it is unknown whether the use of nutrient-rich dairy proteins
improves the markers of sarcopenia syndrome. Therefore, our proposal was to investigate …

Sarcopenic obesity and physical performance in middle aged women: a cross-sectional study in Northeast Brazil

MA Moreira, MV Zunzunegui, A Vafaei, SMA Câmara… - BMC Public Health, 2015 - Springer
Background Sarcopenia and obesity have been independently associated with physical
function decline, however little information is currently available on the relationship between …

Physiological effects beyond the significant gain in muscle mass in sarcopenic elderly men: evidence from a randomized clinical trial using a protein-rich food

H Alemán-Mateo, L Macías… - … interventions in aging, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background Sarcopenia is strongly associated with an inadequate intake of dietary protein.
Dietary protein supplementation boosts muscle-protein synthesis and increases muscle …

DXA estimates of fat in abdominal, trunk and hip regions varies by ethnicity in men

MA Stults-Kolehmainen, PR Stanforth… - Nutrition & …, 2013 - nature.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether the quantity of fat is different
across the central (that is, android, trunk) and peripheral (that is, arm, leg and gynoid) …

Insufficient amounts and inadequate distribution of dietary protein intake in apparently healthy older adults in a developing country: implications for dietary strategies …

RER Valenzuela, JA Ponce… - … interventions in aging, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background Both low dietary protein intake and inadequate distribution of protein over the
three mealtimes have been reported in older Caucasian adults, but the association between …

Validity of ultrasound prediction equations for total and regional muscularity in middle-aged and older men and women

T Abe, JP Loenneke, KC Young, RS Thiebaud… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2015 - Elsevier
To test the validity of published equations, 79 Caucasian adults (40 men and 39 women)
aged 50–78 y had muscle thickness (MT) measured by ultrasound at nine sites of the body …

Is waist circumference per body mass index rising differentially across the United States, England, China and Mexico?

SS Albrecht, P Gordon-Larsen, D Stern… - European journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Results: Although mean WC and BMI shifted upward over time in all age–sex
subpopulations in all four countries, trends in overweight prevalence were less consistent …

Examining race-related error in two-compartment models of body composition assessment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MV Fedewa, BS Nickerson, GM Tinsley… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background: The Brozek and Siri formulas estimate relative adiposity (% Fat) from
total body density (D b) using a 2-compartment (2C) model. Racial/ethnic differences in D b …