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From: Prediction of abdominal CT body composition parameters by thoracic measurements as a new approach to detect sarcopenia in a COVID-19 cohort

Figure 2

Sex-specific distribution of fat and muscle parameters at L3 and percentages of sarcopenic patients. Distribution of the skeletal muscle area (SMA), muscle radiodensity attenuation (MRA), and the subcutaneous fat area at the level of the third lumbar vertebra (L3), the visceral fat mass, and the body mass index (BMI) in men (blue) and women (red) (a). Male patients showed a lower mean BMI, less subcutaneous fat, and a lower visceral fat mass. The SMA and MRA were higher in men, however, according to all employed sarcopenia cut-off values, men were more often classified as sarcopenic than women (b).

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