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 Hoffmann

Published 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.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
image quality
risk factors
dual energy
positron emission tomography
heart failure
contrast enhanced
atrial fibrillation
type diabetes
skeletal muscle
magnetic resonance