Table 2 Computed Tomography Assessment of sarcopenia
Study | Muscles Measured | Level | Cut-off value/Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
Moisey 2013 | Skeletal Muscle Index | L3 | Males < 55.4cm2/m2 Females < 38.9cm2/m2 |
Hoogt 2018 | Skeletal muscle area index | L3 | No definition of sarcopenia |
Ji 2018 | Skeletal muscle area index | L3 | Male < 40.8cm2/m2 Female < 34.9cm2/m2 |
Shibahashi 2017 | Skeletal muscle area | L3 | Men < 45.2 cm2 Women < 39.0 cm2 |
Cho 2019 | psoas cross-sectional area | L3 | Males < 5.45cm2/m2 Female < 3.85cm2/m2 |
Toledo 2018 | Skeletal muscle area index | L3 | Male < 55.27 cm2/m2 Female < 40.13 cm2/m2 |
Kou 2019 | Total psoas area | L3 | Male < 545mm2/m2 Female < 385 mm2/m2 |
Tanabe 2019 | Masseter cross-sectional area | 2 cm below the zygomatic arch in the axial plane | Male < 438.6 (100.2) mm2 Female < 347.8 (87.5) mm2 |
Kaplan 2017 | Skeletal muscle area index | L3 | Males < 52.4 cm2/m2 Female < 38.5cm2/m2 |
Ebbeling 2014 | Psoas: L4Vertebral Index | L4 inferior body | < 50 percentile of PLVI(≤ 0.83) |
Akahoshi 2016 | Skeletal muscle area | L3 caudal end | Measured SMA < 80 % estimated SMA |
Baggerman 2020 | Skeletal muscle area index | L3 | Males < 41.6 cm2/m2 Females < and 32.0 cm2/m2 |
Hwang 2019 | Skeletal muscle area index | L3 | Males < 55.4 cm2/m2 Females < 38.9 cm2/m2 |
Joyce 2020 | Skeletal muscle area | L3 | Females < 110 cm2 Males < 170 cm2 |