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From: Association between myosteatosis or sarcopenia based on abdominal CT and hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

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Measurement of Body Composition and Definition of Myosteatosis and Sarcopenia. Cross-sectional axial CT images at the L3 level in patients with SLE were analyzed using semi-automated software (SliceOmatic version 5.0, Tomovision Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Blue, subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT); yellow, visceral adipose tissue; red, skeletal muscle (SM); green, intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT). Skeletal muscle area (SMA) was normalized by dividing by the square of height: SMI (cm2/m2) = SMA (cm2) / height2 (m2). Phenotypic classification of skeletal muscle abnormalities in patients with SLE according to SMD and SMI

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Lipids in Health and Disease

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