The Association between the Low Muscle Mass and Osteoporosis in Elderly Korean People

The purpose of this study was to predict osteoporosis risk as decreasing muscle mass and to declare the cut-off value of low muscle mass in an elderly Korean population. This study was based on data from the 2008-2010 Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Surveys (KNHANES). The subjects...

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Main Authors: Kim, Sunyoung, Won, Chang Won, Kim, Byung Sung, Choi, Hyun Rim, Moon, Min Young
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4101790/