Standardized measurement of abdominal muscle by computed tomography: association with cardiometabolic risk in the Framingham Heart Study.
Andreas Anselm KammerlanderAsya LyassTaylor F MahoneyJana TaronParastou EslamiMichael T LuMichelle T LongRamachandran S VasanJoseph M MassaroUdo HoffmannPublished in: European radiology (2022)
• In this analysis of the Framingham Heart Study (n = 3016), TAM-F on a single slice CT was more closely associated with prevalent and incident cardiometabolic risk factors as compared to TAM alone or TAM indexed to body surface area. • TAM-F on a single abdominal CT slice at the level of L3/L4 could serve as a standard measure of muscle mass and improve risk prediction.