Serum Myostatin Levels Are Higher in Fitter, More Active, and Non-Frail Long-Term Nursing Home Residents and Increase after a Physical Exercise Intervention

Arrieta, Haritz; Hervás, Gotzone; Rezola‐Pardo, Chloe; Ruiz‐Litago, Fátima; Iturburu, Miren; Javier Yanguas, José; M. Gil, Susana; Rodriguez‐Larrad, Ana; Irazusta, Jon

doi:10.1159/000494137

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Serum Myostatin Levels Are Higher in Fitter, More Active, and Non-Frail Long-Term Nursing Home Residents and Increase after a Physical Exercise Intervention

Published in Gerontology • Nov 21, 2018

Authors:

Haritz Arrieta

Gotzone Hervás

Chloe Rezola‐Pardo

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Myostatin has been proposed as a candidate biomarker for frailty and sarcopenia. However, the relationship of myostatin with these conditions remains inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of serum myostatin concentration with body composition, physical fitness, physical a...

Subject

Myostatin

Medicine

Bioelectrical impedance analysis

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