Body composition and functional performance of older adults

Significant change for body composition data

“…We found it a little difficult to interpret the work of Paranhos Amorim et al. [ 1 ] as body fat and appendicular skeletal mass were analyzed for difference statistically. It is unclear to us if body composition values truly obey the laws of statistics.…”

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“…For the clinical treatment of obesity, weight losses of 5%–15% are clinically significant (eg, diabetes remission, and HDL-cholesterol) and have positive effects on depression, joint pain, and sexual function. In our study, octogenarians with favorable body fat displayed greater functional performance [ 7 ]. However, greater functional performance does not translate to a minimal clinical important difference (MCID) between groups.…”