Prevalence of low computed tomography-measured skeletal muscle index and handgrip strength in a general medical population.
Amanda Van JacobsAnne ColtmanSandra L Gomez-PerezBenjamin BieniaJoy S SclambergSarah J PetersonPublished in: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2021)
Overall prevalence of sarcopenia was low, but more than one-third of patients had either low SMI or low HGS. Minimal differences were observed between patients who did and did not have an abdominal CT scan completed upon admission.