Table 2 Anthropometric parameter for low skeletal muscle mass and non-low skeletal muscle mass patients.

From: Prognostic value of low skeletal muscle mass in patient treated by exclusive curative radiochemotherapy for a NSCLC

Anthropometric parameters

Low skeletal muscle mass (n = 41)

Non-low skeletal muscle mass (n = 52)

p

Semi-automatic segmentation

Skeletal muscular mass L3 (SML3) (cm2)*

132.2 (75–156.9)

169 (103.5–246.4)

 < 0.0001

Visceral fat mass L3 (VFML3) (cm2)*

116.6 (1.6–422.7)

154.34 (4.3–513.8)

0.13

Subcutaneous fat mass L3 (SCFML3) (cm2)*

107.3 (3.7–206.7)

137.1 (10.4–318)

0.001

Skeletal muscular area (SMA) (cm2/m2)*

44.9 (31.6–52.1)

56.52 (39.4–77.7)

 < 0.0001

Anthropometer3D

Fat body mass (FBM) (kg/m2)*

5.9 (0.8–11.6)

7.3 (1.3–16.3)

0.015

Visceral fat mass (VFM) (kg/m2)*

1.1 (0.1–3)

1.4 (0.7–1.9)

0.09

Subcutaneous fat mass (SCFM) (kg/m2)*

4.7 (0.7–8.8)

5.7 (1.1–12.7)

0.011

Lean body mass (LBM) (kg/m2)*

16.6 (11.5–20.7)

19.4 (13.6–22.1)

 < 0.0001

Muscle body mass (MBM) (kg/m2)*

8.1 (5.5–10.4)

10 (5.9–13)

 < 0.0001

  1. *Quantitative parameters are described by their median and minimal/maximum values.
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