Total-body skeletal muscle mass
The “age related” loss of lean muscle mass, sarcopenia, is considered by some researchers as a hallmark of aging. Loss of muscle mass leads to increasing difficulty controlling serum glucose; increased serum glucose leads to increased glcosylated proteins (irreversible changes to a protein from glucose attaching to the protein) ultimately leads to cell death and then organ death. A reliable method to assess skeletal muscle mass is still not available. Electroimpedence devices has shown some efficacy but have not gained much acceptance. A new technology that could increase the use of this marker could have a major impact on long term health. However, as with any test result, the physician ordering the test would have to know what steps to take to effect the sarcopenia…
AJCN — Abstracts: Kim et al. 76 (2): 378
