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ArticleClinical physiology and functional imaging2019

Low skeletal muscle mass is associated with low aerobic capacity and increased mortality risk in patients with coronary heart disease - a CARE CR study.

Simon Nichols, Alasdair F O'Doherty, Claire Taylor, Andrew L Clark, Sean Carroll, Lee Ingle

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Article in Clinical physiology and functional imaging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Simon NicholsCentre for Sports and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0377-6982
Alasdair F O'DohertyDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
Claire TaylorCarnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Andrew L ClarkAcademic Cardiology, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK.
Sean CarrollSport Health and Exercise Science, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Lee IngleSport Health and Exercise Science, University of Hull, Hull, UK.

Funding

Hull and East Riding Cardiac Trust Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn patients with chronic heart failure, there is a positive linear relationship between skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and peak oxygen consumption (

methodsMale patients with CHD underwent maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing and dual X-ray absorptiometry assessment.

resultsSixty patients were assessed. Thirteen (21·7%) had low SMM. SMI and ASM% correlated positively with

conclusionSkeletal muscle mass was positively correlated with

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Body CompositionCardiorespiratory FitnessExercise ToleranceAbsorptiometry, PhotonAgedAnaerobic ThresholdCoronary DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesExercise TestHealth StatusHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalOxygen ConsumptionPrognosiscardiorespiratory fitnesscoronary diseasesarcopeniaskeletal muscle

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PMID30168241
PMCPMC7379590

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