CT-based muscle mass cutoff values for Caucasians according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia recommendations
Question Establishment of sarcopenia cutoff values according to the recommendations of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP). Findings Cutoff values for psoas muscle thickness per height (mm/m) were 15.7 (women) and 20.2 (men); for skeletal muscle index (cm<sup>2</sup>/m<sup>2</sup>), 33.2 and 44.0, respectively. Clinical relevance These cutoff values for two different parameters that can be determined by CT allow patients with low muscle mass to be objectively identified, thereby revealing those at high risk of manifest sarcopenia.
Authors
- Felix Merboth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2540-6421)
- Ralf‐Thorsten Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3150-4263)
- Hendrik Liebscher
- Heiner Nebelung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7303-6691)
- Johanna Kirchberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2786-4269)
- Verena Plodeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5061-9643)
- Natalie Wotschel
- Tobias Schröter
- Brenda Kociu
- Jürgen Weitz
Institutions
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (DE)
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Radiology
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-026-12396-9
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00