Phenotypic differences between people varying in muscularity

Body mass is the primary metabolic compartment related to a vast number of clinical indices and predictions. The extent to which skeletal muscle (SM), a major body mass component, varies between people of the same sex, weight, height, and age is largely unknown. The current study aimed to explore the magnitude of muscularity variation present in adults and to examine if variation in muscularity associates with other body composition and metabolic measures.

Keywords

Body Composition, Skeletal Muscle Mass, Adiposity, Resting Energy Expenditure

Citation

Heymsfield, S. B., Smith, B., Chung, E. A., Watts, K. L., Gonzalez, M. C., Yang, S., Heo, M., Thomas, D. M., Turner, D., Bosy-Westphal, A., and Müller, M. J. (2022) Phenotypic differences between people varying in muscularity, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 13, 1100–1112, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12959