Significance of skeletal muscle index-to-body mass index ratio as a predictor of post-surgical bleeding after mastectomy in patients with breast cancer.

Hiroki MorikawaTakaaki ObaNami KiyosawaRyoko IjiMasatsugu AmitaniTatsunori ChinoTadafumi ShimizuMayu OnoTokiko ItoToshiharu KanaiKazuma MaenoKen-Ichi Ito

Published in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2023)

SMI-to-BMI ratio is a superior predictive factor of post-surgical bleeding after mastectomy to either BMI or SMI alone.

Keyphrases

body mass index
skeletal muscle
weight gain
atrial fibrillation
breast reconstruction
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome