Abstract

Rationale: The CT skeletal muscle area (SMA) at L3 highly correlates with whole-body muscle mass. The CT skeletal muscle density (SMD) is a measure of muscle quality. The higher the SMD is, the less myosteatosis there is. The goal was to study the variations of SMA and SMD with age in 200 non-critically ill patients.

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