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. 2023 Jan 31;41(4):589–599. doi: 10.1159/000529426

Table 3.

Body composition groups based on sex-specific values, creeping fat, and occurrence of complicated disease (n = 114)

Groups Patients with inflammatory disease, total (n = 54), n (%) Patients with Complicated disease total (n = 60), n (%) p value
Low/normal SATI 31 (27.2) 28 (24.6) 0.25
High SATI 23 (20.2) 32 (28.1)
Low/normal VATI 44 (38.6) 48 (42.1) 0.84
High VATI 10 (8.8) 12 (10.5)
Low/normal VAT/SAT ratio 37 (32.5) 38 (33.3) 0.56
High VAT/SAT ratio 17(14.9) 22 (19.3)
Non-sarcopenic 20 (17.5) 26 (22.8) 0.50
Sarcopenic 34 (29.8) 34 (29.8)
CrF absent 44 (38.5) 41 (35.9) 0.11
CrF present 10 (8.7) 19 (16.6)

SATI, subcutaneous adipose tissue index; VATI, visceral adipose tissue index; VAT/SAT ratio, visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio; CrF, creeping fat.