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. 2021 Mar;13(3):1358–1369. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-3072

Table 2. Study characteristics assessed on postoperative complications.

Author, publication year Number of patients Surgical procedure Diagnostic tool of sarcopenia Cut off value Post-operative complications
Suzuki et al., 2016 90—sarcopenia: 38; non-sarcopenia: 52 Lobectomy: NA; segmentectomy: NA; wedge resection: NA L3MI (cm2) Male: 43.75 cm2/m2; female: 41.10 cm2/m2 Sarcopenia: 29%;
non-sarcopenia: 21%
(P=0.39)
Tsukioka et al., 2017 215 (male)—sarcopenia: 30; non-sarcopenia: 185 Lobectomy: NA; segmentectomy: NA L3MI (cm2) Male: 49 cm2/m2; female: none Sarcopenia: 28%;
non-sarcopenia: 19% (P=0.340)
Kim et al., 2018 272—sarcopenia: 61; non-sarcopenia: 211 Pneumonectomy: 14; lobectomy: 255;
segmentectomy: 3		 L3MI (cm2) Male: 55 cm2/m2; female: 39 cm2/m2 Sarcopenia: 29.5%;
non-sarcopenia: 20.9% (P=0.168)
Nakamura et al., 2018 328—sarcopenia: 183; non-sarcopenia: 145 Lobectomy: 259; limited resection: 69 PMI (cm2/m2) Male: 6.36 cm2/m2; female: 3.92 cm2/m2 Sarcopenia: 7%;
non-sarcopenia: 2% (P=0.036) (Clavian-Dindo grade ≥3)
Tsukioka et al., 2018 69—sarcopenia: 48; non-sarcopenia: 21 Lobectomy: 259; limited resection: 69 L3MI (cm2) Male: 52.4 cm2/m2; female: 38.5 cm2/m2 Sarcopenia: 32%;
non-sarcopenia: 27% (P=0.899)
Kawaguchi et al., 2019 173 (over 75 years)—
sarcopenia: 32;
non-sarcopenia: 141		 Lobectomy: 173 PMI (cm2/m2) Male: 3.70 cm2/m2; female: 2.50 cm2/m2 Sarcopenia: 62.5%;
non-sarcopenia: 22.7% (P<0.001)
Shinohara et al., 2020 391—sarcopenia: 198; non-sarcopenia: 193 Pneumonectomy: 3; lobectomy: 312;
limited resection: 76		 PMI (cm2/m2) Male: 6.36 cm2/m2; female: 3.92 cm2/m2 Sarcopenia: 34.8%;
non-sarcopenia: 28.5% (P=0.19)