title: Reply to Gulistan Bahat: Significance of population differences and the methodology in determining the muscle mass cut-off points for sarcopenia.
authors.affiliation: Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hunkyung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Narumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.affiliation: Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.affiliation: Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideyo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinkai
mesh_terms: D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D053580:Muscle Strength; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D055948:Sarcopenia