Computed tomography-based psoas skeletal muscle area and radiodensity are poor sentinels for whole L3 skeletal muscle values - Rollins, Katie E.; Gopinath, Aravin; Awwad, Amir; Macdonald, Ian A.; Lobo, Dileep N. (Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2020)
Keywords: Adiposity; Aged; Body Composition; Canada; Computed tomography; computer software; Density; Female; Hounsfield unit; Humans; Lumbar Vertebrae; Male; Middle Aged; muscles; patients; Predictive Value of Tests; Prevalence; Psoas; Psoas Muscles - diagnostic imaging; Psoas Muscles - physiopathology; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - diagnostic imaging; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; Sarcopenia - physiopathology; Skeletal muscle; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Canada; Sarcopenia; Psoas; Hounsfield unit; Computed tomography; Density; Skeletal muscle