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Changes in muscle\u2013fat ratio (\u03b2=-0.585), visceral fat (\u03b2=-0.556), and protein mass (\u03b2=-0.339) were significantly associated with metabolic age change after adjustment, whereas weight-adjusted waist index was not significantly associated with metabolic age change in the adjusted model. Inclusion of body composition variables increased the explained variance of the model from 20.4 to 45.7% (adjusted R2 from 0.196 to 0.446).  CONCLUSION: Favorable changes in Tanita-derived metabolic age were observed during follow-up. The associated body composition changes may partly reflect shared components of the device algorithm because metabolic age is a composite surrogate rather than a direct measure of biological aging. 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