Age-related Muscle Fat Infiltration in Lung Screening Participants: Impact of Smoking Cessation.
Kaiwen XuThomas Z LiJames G TerryAravind R KrishnanStephen A DeppenYuankai HuoFabien MaldonadoJohn Jeffrey CarrBennett A LandmanKim L SandlerPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
Among lung cancer screening participants, active cigarette smoking was associated with greater skeletal muscle fat infiltration in both males and females, and accelerated muscle adipose accumulation rate in males. These findings support the important role of smoking cessation in preserving muscle health.