[HTML][HTML] Assessment of body composition by whole-body densitometry: what radiologists should know

LGCM Chaves, TJM Gonçalves, AGV Bitencourt… - Radiologia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
The analysis of body composition is a fundamental part of a nutritional status assessment,
and the use of diagnostic imaging methods has been increasingly required for an adequate …

[HTML][HTML] Current applications and selected technical details of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

P Sawicki, M Tałałaj, K Życińska… - … Medical Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The application of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examinations in the assessment
of bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine, hip, and forearm is the basic diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning allows robust classification of visceral fat in women with obesity using common laboratory metrics

F Palmieri, NF Akhtar, A Pané, A Jiménez… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The excessive accumulation and malfunctioning of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a major
determinant of increased risk of obesity-related comorbidities. Thus, risk stratification of …

[HTML][HTML] Macular layer thickness and effect of BMI, body fat, and traditional cardiovascular risk factors: the Tromsø study

T von Hanno, LL Hareide, L Småbrekke… - … & Visual Science, 2022 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between cardiovascular
risk factors and the thickness of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell-inner …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative assessment of volumetric muscle loss: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and ultrasonography

MA Minetto, C Busso, G Gamerro, P Lalli… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The generalized skeletal muscle disorder that involves (in elderly subjects) the progressive
loss of muscle mass and function has been defined sarcopenia, whereas the rapid-onset …

People living with HIV, lean mass, and sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NS Guimarães, MA Raposo, D Greco… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
This systematic review aims to estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia in people living with
HIV (PLHIV) and to assess whether there is a difference between the muscle mass of PLHIV …

Prevalence of sarcopenia and its determinants in people with type 2 diabetes: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in north India

A Shahi, D Tripathi, M Jain, RS Jadon, P Sethi… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Changes in skeletal muscle mass and quality are associated with type 2
Diabetes (T2D) and its complications. We evaluated the prevalence of sarcopenia in …

Clinical consequences of altered drug disposition in obesity: call for change

CD Bruno, DJ Greenblatt, JS Harmatz… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is a serious condition with many known comorbid conditions and other health risks.
Despite the rising global rates of obesity, drug disposition in this population is typically …

[HTML][HTML] The prognostic value of sarcopenia in acute myeloid leukemia patients and the development and validation of a novel nomogram for predicting survival

Q Sun, J Cui, W Liu, J Li, M Hong, S Qian - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) occurs frequently in the elderly, of whom the
prognosis is dismal. Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder …

Body composition changes in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer after iodine-131 treatment and short-term levothyroxine replacement and suppression therapy

R Wang, S Qin, T Qiao, W Jiang, J Tong, G Lu, D Gao… - Hormones, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The purposes of this study were to assess the changes in body composition in
patients who underwent thyroidectomy due to differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) after …