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Associations of fat and lean body mass with circulating amino acids in older men and women

Lifestyle Disease
Author
Mikkola et al.
Used Parameters : FFMI, FMI

Publication Year : 2019

Country : Finland

Journal : The Journals of Gerontology

Circulating amino acids are potential markers of body composition. Previous studies are mainly limited to middle age and focus on either fat or lean mass, thereby ignoring overall body composition. We investigated the associations of fat and lean body mass with circulating amino acids in older men and women. We studied 594 women and 476 men from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (age 62–74 years). Bioelectrical impedance analysis was used to indicate two main body compartments by fat (fat mass/height2) and lean mass …
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