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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2014 Jan;17(1):5–11. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000011

Table 1.

Comparison of leg lean mass loss per day during bed rest for young (27), middle-aged (29) and older adults (30).

Bed Rest
(days)		 Age
(y)		 Muscle
Loss (kg)		 Rate of Loss
(g/day)
Young 28 38±8 −0.40±0.10 −14
Middle-age 14 52±4 −1.16±0.14 −83
Elderly 10 67±5 −0.95±0.15 −95