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In women, compared with the low muscle mass/low fat mass group, those with high muscle mass and high fat mass (adjusted HR = 0.58; 95% CI, 0.39-0.86; P = .01) had lower risk for CVD mortality, but ...

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Cardiovascular disease patients who have high muscle mass and low fat mass have a lower mortality risk than those with other body compositions, researchers have found. The findings also suggest ...

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Two-thirds of people in the high muscle/low fat group would be classified as overweight (a body mass index, or BMI, of 25-30), and yet they had the best survival numbers.

You know your body weight. You may even know your BMI, or body mass index. But do you know what your body is made of? If the answer is “too much fat and not enough muscle,” that’s bad news ...

The density of 1 pound of muscle is about 1.06 kilograms (kg) per liter (L), compared to the density of 1 pound of fat, which is 0.9196 kg/L. Based on those numbers, muscle is about 13.25% denser ...

Ciara doesn't eat until 3 p.m. when she has half a high-protein ... Ward said it's great that Ciara is eating plenty of protein to help her maintain muscle mass, ... Ciara's diet is also low in fat.

More information: Preethi Srikanthan et al. Relation of Muscle Mass and Fat Mass to Cardiovascular Disease Mortality, The American Journal of Cardiology (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.01.033 ...