Table 2.
Definition and cutoff values of sarcopenia measured by the third lumbar vertebra skeletal muscle index (L3SMI) in our included studies.
| Author | Year | Definition and cutoff values of sarcopenia |
|---|---|---|
| Choi et al. (23) | 2018 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Malietzis et al. (21) | 2016 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Nakanishi et al. (37) | 2018 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Miyamoto et al. (20) | 2015 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Sueda et al. (25) | 2018 | Male: if BMI<25kg/m2:<43cm2/m2; if BMI>25kg/m2:<53cm2/m2, Female:<41 cm2/m2 |
| Feliciano et al. (22) | 2017 | For BMI<30kg/m2: male:<52cm2/m2, female:<38cm2/m2; For BMI>25kg/m2: male<54cm2/m2, female:47cm2/m2 |
| Park et al. (24) | 2018 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Takeda et al. (26) | 2018 | Male:<45.0 cm2/m2, female:<33.8 cm2/m2 |
| Chung et al. (29) | 2019 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Hopkins et al. (27) | 2019 | Male: if BMI<25kg/m2:<43cm2/m2; if BMI>25kg/m2:<53cm2/m2, Female:<41 cm2/m2 |
| Bingmer et al. (28) | 2020 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Abe et al. (30) | 2022 | PMI: male<6.36 cm2/m2, female<3.92 cm2/m2 |
| Horie et al. (31) | 2022 | PV: male:<140.93 cm3/m2, female<105.8 cm3/m2 |
| Lee et al. (32) | 2021 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Abe et al. (33) | 2023 | SMI: male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2; PMI: male<6.36 cm2/m2, female<3.92 cm2/m2 |
| Giani et al. (34) | 2022 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Portale et al. (35) | 2023 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
| Gartrell et al. (12) | 2023 | Male:<47.5 cm2/m2, female:<39.1 cm2/m2 |
| Xie et al. (36) | 2023 | Man< 6.92 Kg/m2, woman< 5.13 Kg/m2 |
| Han et al. (38) | 2020 | Male:<52.4 cm2/m2, female:<38.5 cm2/m2 |
BMI, body mass index; PMI, psoas muscle mass index; PV, psoas muscle volume.