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. 2019 Feb 14;111(8):837–844. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy231

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Axial computed tomography images of the third lumbar vertebra region for two different patients. Skeletal muscle is highlighted in green. Characteristics of both patients at hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT): Hispanic male, age 25 years; body mass index = 28 kg/m2; diagnosis: ALL; pre-HCT relapse risk: high risk; HCT-comorbidity index score: 3; HCT with myeloablative conditioning. Patient on the left was sarcopenic (skeletal muscle index [SMI] = 41.2 cm2/m2) whereas the patient on the right was not (SMI = 65.4 cm2/m2).