Thigh and Calf Myosteatosis are Strongly Associated with Muscle and Physical Function in African Caribbean Men.

Adam J SantanastoJoseph M ZmudaRyan K CvejkusChristopher L GordonSangeeta NairJ Jeffrey CarrJames G TerryVictor W WheelerIva Miljkovic

Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2022)

Myosteatosis of the calf and thigh - but not the abdomen - were strongly associated with grip strength and performance measures of physical function in African-Caribbean men. However, posterior abdominal myosteatosis may have some utility when abdominal images are all that are available.

Keyphrases

middle aged
deep learning
soft tissue
skeletal muscle
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography
machine learning