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Dark day for the chicken legs 🦵 

Calf circumference is an independent predictor of mortality in older adults

Dark day for the chicken legs 🦵 

Calf circumference is an independent predictor of mortality in older adults

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34648208/

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I wish it was thighs -- darn. Is the causation known?

What I'm really asking is... will calf implants help me outlive Bryan Johnson?

I don’t see that at odds with this at all! the fluid accumulation of heart failure would be acute (right?), while this is looking at what is essentially muscle size over 9yr period

interesting considering fluid accumulates in the lower body during heart failure.

For women especially https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221213094755.htm

“Females' propensity to deposit more fat in places like their hips, butt and the back of arm is protective against brain inflammation, which can result in dementia and stroke”

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