Abstract
Muscle mass is an important indicator of nutritional status invariably linked with protein status. Through the use of anthropometric data, arm muscle mass has been shown to be a useful predictor of mortality. Arm muscle circumference was an important predictor of all cause mortality in a 25year prospective study of 4,267 men from three European countries1 and arm muscle area below 12 cm2 is related to impending death in cancer patients2.
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