Associations of fat mass and muscle function but not lean mass with cognitive impairment: The Yishun Study

Nien Xiang Tou; Shiou-Liang Wee; Benedict Wei Jun Pang; Lay Khoon Lau; Khalid Abdul Jabbar; Wei Ting Seah; Kenneth Kexun Chen; Tze Pin Ng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256702

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Associations of fat mass and muscle function but not lean mass with cognitive impairment: The Yishun Study

Nien Xiang Tou,

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1836-5692

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Shiou-Liang Wee ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: weeshiouliang@gmail.com

Affiliations Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Health and Social Sciences Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, Singapore, Program of Health Services and System Research, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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Benedict Wei Jun Pang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-9834

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Lay Khoon Lau,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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Khalid Abdul Jabbar,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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Wei Ting Seah,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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Kenneth Kexun Chen,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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Tze Pin Ng

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9585-855X

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Associations of fat mass and muscle function but not lean mass with cognitive impairment: The Yishun Study

Nien Xiang Tou,
Shiou-Liang Wee,
Benedict Wei Jun Pang,
Lay Khoon Lau,
Khalid Abdul Jabbar,
Wei Ting Seah,
Kenneth Kexun Chen,
Tze Pin Ng

Published: August 26, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256702

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