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Skeletal muscle mass in relation to 10 year cardiovascular disease incidence among middle aged and older adults: the ATTICA study

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  • Stefanos Tyrovolas Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujades, 42, 08830, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Monforte de Lemos 3-5. Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, Spain Department of Science of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Demosthenes Panagiotakos Department of Science of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ekavi Georgousopoulou Department of Science of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Medical School, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christina Chrysohoou First Cardiology Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dimitrios Tousoulis First Cardiology Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Josep Maria Haro Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujades, 42, 08830, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Monforte de Lemos 3-5. Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, Spain Department of Medicine, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christos Pitsavos First Cardiology Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Stefanos Tyrovolas, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM,Dr. Antoni Pujadas, 42, 08830 – Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; s.tyrovolas{at}pssjd.org
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Tyrovolas S, Panagiotakos D, Georgousopoulou E, et al
Skeletal muscle mass in relation to 10 year cardiovascular disease incidence among middle aged and older adults: the ATTICA study
J Epidemiol Community Health 2020;74:26-31.

Publication history

  • Received February 12, 2019
  • Revised August 6, 2019
  • Accepted September 16, 2019
  • First published November 11, 2019.
Online issue publication 
December 10, 2019

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