title: Continuous fat-free mass decline in COPD: fact or fiction?
authors.affiliation: Dept of Research and Education, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands ericarutten@ciro-horn.nl.
authors.forename: Erica P A
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Rutten
authors.affiliation: Dept of Research and Education, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands REVAL - Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED - Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Martijn A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Spruit
authors.affiliation: Channing Division of Network Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Merry-Lynn N
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rennard
authors.affiliation: Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain CIBERES, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Alvar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agusti
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Bartolome
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Celli
authors.affiliation: GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crim
authors.affiliation: The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Peter M A
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Calverley
authors.affiliation: Medical Nutrition Education, University of Nebraska, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Corrine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.affiliation: The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: MacNee
authors.affiliation: Dept of Research and Education, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frits M E
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Franssen
authors.affiliation: Dept of Research and Education, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lowie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vanfleteren
authors.affiliation: Dept of Research and Education, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Emiel F M
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Wouters
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001823:Body Composition; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*