Skeletal muscle and abdominal circumference explain intramuscular fat, independent of exercise frequency, in middle-aged Japanese men

• Hiroshi Akima ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: akima@nagoya-u.jp

  Affiliations Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness & Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Graduate School of Education & Human Development, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-7210

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• Hisashi Maeda,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Current address: National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

  Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Masataka Suwa,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Department of Food and Nutrition, Koriyama Women’s University, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan

  Affiliation Health Support Center WELPO, Toyota Motor Corporation, Iwakura, Toyota, Aichi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1169-5448

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• Takayuki Imoto,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Health Support Center WELPO, Toyota Motor Corporation, Iwakura, Toyota, Aichi, Japan

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• Noriko Tanaka

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness & Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Graduate School of Education & Human Development, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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