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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2008 Nov 4;149(9):601–611. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-9-200811040-00003

APPENDIX FIGURE 3. Individual t-scores for TASM/ht2.

APPENDIX FIGURE 3

Sarcopenia was defined as a t-score ≤ 2 SD below the young, gender-concordant population (17, 18). Dashed lines indicate -1 and -2 SD for t-score. TASM = total appendicular skeletal muscle mass by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). TASM divided by height (meters) squared = an index of relative limb muscle mass used to compute a t-score by relating it to gender-concordant young adults