… Thus, Baumgartner’s original estimates for the association of … In a later study, Baumgartner
cross-classified subjects by SMI … The approach taken by Baumgartner (11) in cross-classifying …

The commitment of companies to corporate sustainability has been frequently discussed in
theory and practice. Such a commitment to corporate sustainability demands a strategic …

… the recognition that bone minerals have a high R value and that measured pixels with high
R values most likely contain bone. The R value for soft tissue overlying bone is estimated …

Muscle mass decreases with age, leading to “sarcopenia, ” or low relative muscle mass, in
elderly people. Sarcopenia is believed to be associated with metabolic, physiologic, and …

… The r 2 value for SM mass in the present study (r 2 = 0.86) is similar to those previously
observed for lean body mass (2,18). The magnitude of the error (SEE = 2.7 kg or 9%) in …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT) are promising
reference methods for quantifying whole body and regional skeletal muscle mass. Earlier MRI …

… could be explained by total appendicular skeletal muscle (r 2 = 0.865), whereas age, gender…
Relative leg length alone was significantly correlated with LSM in women (r = 0.30,P < 0.001…

The purpose of this study was to determine skeletal muscle cutpoints for identifying elevated
physical disability risk in older adults. Subjects included 4,449 older (≥60 years) …

Two hundred fourteen manipulations of the independent variables in 98 mailed questionnaire
response rate experiments were treated as respondents to a survey, yielding a mean final …

Objectives: to identify the characteristics of elderly persons who develop a fear of falling
after experiencing a fall and to investigate the association of this fear with changes in health …