Prevalence of Low Muscle Mass in the Computed Tomography at the Third Lumbar Vertebra Level Depends on Chosen Cut-Off in 200 Hospitalised Patients—A Prospective Observational Trial

Measuring skeletal muscle area (SMA) at the third lumbar vertebra level (L3) using computed tomography (CT) is increasingly popular for diagnosing low muscle mass. The aim was to describe the effect of the CT L3 cut-off choice on the prevalence of low muscle mass in medical and surgical patients. Tw...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Arabella, Kiss, Noemi, Rudas, Valerie-Anna, Nieding, Kristina, Veraar, Cecilia, Timmermann, Isabel, Liebau, Konstantin, Pesta, Maximilian, Siebenrock, Timo, Anwar, Martin, Hahn, Ricarda, Hertwig, Anatol, Brugger, Jonas, Ringl, Helmut, Tamandl, Dietmar, Hiesmayr, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9413680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36014952
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14163446

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9413680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36014952
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14163446

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