The Authors reply: “Dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry: gold standard for muscle mass?” by Scafoglieri et al.

• Fanny Buckinx,
• Francesco Landi,
• Matteo Cesari,
• Roger A. Fieding,
• Marjolein Visser,
• Klaus Engelke,
• Stefania Maggi,
• Elaine Dennison,
• Nasser M. Al‐Daghri,
• Sophie Allepaerts,
• Jurgen Bauer,
• Ivan Bautmans,
• Maria Luisa Brandi,
• Olivier Bruyère,
• Tommy Cederholm,
• Francesca Cerreta,
• Antonio Cherubini,
• Cyrus Cooper,
• Alphonso Cruz‐Jentoft,
• Eugene McCloskey,
• Bess Dawson‐Hughes,
• Jean‐Marc Kaufman,
• Andrea Laslop,
• Jean Petermans,
• Jean‐Yves Reginster,
• René Rizzoli,
• Sian Robinson,
• Yves Rolland,
• Ricardo Rueda,
• Bruno Vellas,
• John A. Kanis

Affiliations

Fanny Buckinx

Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics University of Liège Liège Belgium

Francesco Landi

Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Rome Milan Italy

Matteo Cesari

Gérontopôle University Hospital of Toulouse Toulouse France

Roger A. Fieding

Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University Boston MA USA

Marjolein Visser

Department of Health Sciences VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands

Klaus Engelke

Institute of Medical Physics University of Erlangen Erlangen Germany

Stefania Maggi

National Research Council Neuroscience Institute, Aging Branch Padova Italy

Elaine Dennison

MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit University of Southampton Southampton UK

Nasser M. Al‐Daghri

Prince Mutaib Chair for Biomarkers of Osteoporosis, Biochemistry Department, College of Science King Saud University Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia

Sophie Allepaerts

Department of Geriatrics CHU‐Liège Liège Belgium

Jurgen Bauer

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Klinikum Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg Germany

Ivan Bautmans

Gerontology and Frailty in Ageing Research Department Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Brussels Belgium

Maria Luisa Brandi

Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine University of Florence viale Pieraccini 6 Florence 59139 Italy

Olivier Bruyère

Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics University of Liège Liège Belgium

Tommy Cederholm

Human Medicines Research and Development Support Division, Scientific Advice London UK

Francesca Cerreta

Human Medicines Research and Development Support Division, Scientific Advice London UK

Antonio Cherubini

Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care IRCCS‐INRCA Ancona Italy

Cyrus Cooper

MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit University of Southampton Southampton UK

Alphonso Cruz‐Jentoft

Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (Irycis) Madrid Spain

Eugene McCloskey

Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases University of Sheffield Sheffield UK

Bess Dawson‐Hughes

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University Boston MA USA

Jean‐Marc Kaufman

Department of Endocrinology and Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases Ghent University Hospital Ghent Belgium

Andrea Laslop

Scientific Office, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Vienna Austria

Jean Petermans

Department of Geriatrics CHU‐Liège Liège Belgium

Jean‐Yves Reginster

Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics University of Liège Liège Belgium

René Rizzoli

Service of Bone Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine Geneva Switzerland

Sian Robinson

MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit University of Southampton Southampton UK

Yves Rolland

Gérontopôle de Toulouse, Institut du Vieillissement, Centre Hospitalo‐Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse); UMR INSERM 1027 University of Toulouse III Toulouse France

Ricardo Rueda

Abbott Nutrition R&D Granada Spain

Bruno Vellas

Gérontopôle de Toulouse, Institut du Vieillissement, Centre Hospitalo‐Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse); UMR INSERM 1027 University of Toulouse III Toulouse France

John A. Kanis

Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases University of Sheffield, UK and Institute of Health and Ageing, Australian Catholic University Melbourne Australia