Ming‐jie Sheng, Jingyuan Cao, Shi‐mei Hou, Min Li et al.
BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle mass and quality assessed by computed tomography (CT) images of the third lumbar vertebra (L3) level have been established as risk factors for poor clinical outcomes in several illnesses, but the relevance for dialysis patients is unclear. A few studies have suggested a c...
Jing Zheng, Shiyuan Wang, Guo-hao Zheng, Jian Zhang et al.
BACKGROUND & AIMS A newly developed low-attenuation muscle index (LAMI) reflects the relationship of the degree of adipose tissue infiltration in low-attenuation muscle and the skeletal muscle quality on computed tomography (CT) images. We investigated the relationship between CT-derived LAMI and ra...