Lean body mass and the cardiorespiratory phenotype: An ethnic‐specific relationship in Hans Chinese women and men
Meihan Guo,
Candela Diaz‐Canestro,
Nicola Riccardo Pugliese
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundLean body mass (LBM) and the functional capacity of cardiovascular (CV) and respiratory systems constitute a female‐specific relationship in European–American individuals. Whether this recent finding be extrapolated to the world's largest ethnic group, that is, Hans Chinese (HC, a population characterized by low LBM), is unknown.MethodsHealthy HC adults (n = 144, 50% ♀) closely matched by sex, age and physical activity were included. Total and regional (leg, arm and trunk) LBM and body composition we… Show more
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