Impact of Visceral Fat on Skeletal Muscle Mass and Vice Versa in a Prospective Cohort Study: The Korean Sarcopenic Obesity Study (KSOS)

• Tae Nyun Kim,

  Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea

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• Man Sik Park,

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, College of Natural Sciences, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea

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• Ja Young Ryu,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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• Hae Yoon Choi,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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• Ho Cheol Hong,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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• Hye Jin Yoo,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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• Hyun Joo Kang,

  Affiliation Sports Medicine, Division of Physical Education, Soonchunhyang University, A-San, Korea

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• Wook Song,

  Affiliation Health and Exercise Science Laboratory, Institute of Sports Science, Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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• Seok Won Park,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Pochon, Korea

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• Sei Hyun Baik,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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• Anne B. Newman,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Kyung Mook Choi

  * E-mail: medica7@gmail.com

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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