Table 3.

Discriminatory value of different muscle measurements in predicting waitlist mortality

Variable	AUC	95% CI	P value
Men
PMA	0.56	0.48–0.65	0.15
PMI	0.56	0.48–0.65	0.13
SMA	0.64	0.56–0.71	0.002
SMI	0.62	0.55–0.70	0.004
Women
PMA	0.67	0.56–0.78	0.004
PMI	0.68	0.57–0.79	0.002
SMA	0.65	0.53–0.76	0.01
SMI	0.66	0.55–0.77	0.007

AUC, area under the ROC curve; CI, confidence interval; PMA, psoas muscle area; PMI, psoas muscle index; SMA, skeletal muscle area; SMI, skeletal muscle index.