Table 2.

LSMI values calculated from the CT analysis and their relationships with the clinicopathological variables

	L3 muscle index (LSMI)
	Median	25th percentile	75th percentile	p value
Gender
Male	47.16	41.20	54.09	<0.001
Female	39.20	34.80	43.56
Age category (years)
<65	45.42	39.58	51.80	<0.001
≥65	41.55	35.91	47.66
NLR category
Low	44.25	37.57	52.62	<0.001
High	41.56	36.36	47.47
ASA status
I + II	44.64	38.90	51.13	<0.001
III + IV	40.52	35.72	45.56
Surgical approach
Open	43.12	36.31	51.18	0.710
Laparoscopic	43.79	37.90	49.68
Tumor site
Colon	42.81	37.46	49.38	0.016
Rectum	44.73	38.20	51.76
UICC stage
I	45.26	37.69	52.53	0.056
II	41.90	36.86	49.38
III	44.36	38.52	50.35
IV	42.66	37.91	46.88

NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, UICC Union for International Cancer Control, L3 third lumbar vertebrae, LSMI lumbar skeletal muscle index, CT computed tomography

Bold p values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05