Computed tomography-based muscle and fat composition in a Dutch population: a cross-sectional study.

Arthur A R Sweet^1,2, Tim Kobes^3,4, Roderick M Houwert³, Saskia Haitjema⁵, Luke P H Leenen³, Pim Moeskops⁶, Pim A de Jong⁴, Mark C P M van Baal³, Wouter B Veldhuis^4,6

¹Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.a.r.sweet@outlook.com.

²Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.a.r.sweet@outlook.com.

³Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

⁴Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

⁵Central Diagnostic Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

⁶Quantib, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Normative adult body composition values from North American patients were recently provided, yet sex- and age-specific reference values for Europeans remain unexplored. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on adult trauma patients who underwent CT imaging that included the abdomen in the University Medical Center Utrecht, a level-1 trauma center, between Jan…

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