Longitudinal Body Composition Changes in Old Men and Women: Interrelationships With Worsening Disability

Few studies have evaluated prospectively age-related body composition changes and their relationships with worsening disability in the elderly population.Ninety-seven women and 62 men aged 71.4+/-2.2 and 71.6+/-2.2 years, respectively, at baseline underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry determinations at baseline and at 2- and 5.5-year follow-up intervals to measure total body and leg fat (FM) and total, appendicular, and leg fat-free mass...