The association between low skeletal muscle mass and low skeletal muscle radiodensity with functional impairment, systemic inflammation, and reduced survival in patients with incurable cancer.
Larissa Calixto-LimaEmanuelly Varea Maria WiegertLivia Costa de OliveiraGabriela Villaça ChavesFlavia Fioruci BezerraCarla Maria AvesaniPublished in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2022)
In patients with incurable cancer, phenotype groups with high-risk SMI and high-risk SMD, particularly when combined, were associated with worse functional impairment and inflammation. Moreover, high-risk SMD was associated with increased mortality risk.