Increased intramuscular adipose tissue of the quadriceps at admission is more strongly related to activities of daily living recovery at discharge compared to muscle mass loss in older patients with aspiration pneumonia.

Authors:
Akazawa N; Funai K; Hino T; Tsuji R; Tamura W and 3 more

Journal:
BMC Geriatr

Publication Year: 2024

DOI:
10.1186/s12877-024-04718-7

PMCID:
PMC10826265

PMID:
38287269

Journal Information

Full Title: BMC Geriatr

Abbreviation: BMC Geriatr

Country: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Language: N/A

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Subject Category: Geriatrics

Available in Europe PMC: Yes

Available in PMC: Yes

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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll participants or their guardians provided informed consent prior to the study, and the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tokushima Bunri University and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of 1996. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

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"Funding This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP17K18294 and JP20K19661."

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