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Reference Values for Skeletal Muscle Mass at the Third Lumbar Vertebral Level Measured by Computed Tomography in a Healthy Korean Population

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and is associated with negative clinical outcomes. This study aimed to establish sex-specific cutoff values for the skeletal muscle area (SMA) and skeletal muscle index (SMI) at the third lumbar vertebral (L3) level using computed...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Ja Kyung, Lee, Sunyoung, Kim, Kyoung Won, Lee, Ji Eun, Hwang, Jeong Ah, Park, Taeyong, Lee, Jeongjin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Endocrine Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34107600
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2021.1041