Scaling of computed tomography body composition to height: relevance of height-normalized indices in patients with colorectal cancer.

Justin C BrownSteven B HeymsfieldBette J Caan
Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2021)
Body composition measured by single-slice axial abdominal CT, particularly muscle area, scales to height with age-adjusted powers that are different than 2 and are distinct between males and females. These observations may have implications for the development of height-adjusted body composition indices in patients with cancer.