Figure 2:

Temporal muscle thickness (TMT) was significantly larger in the favorable outcome groups than in the poor outcome groups (P = 0.001 in both sex, P = 0.007 in female, P = 0.007 in male, respectively) (a). Temporal muscle area (TMA) was also significantly larger in the favorable outcome groups (P = 0.005 in both sex, P = 0.007 in female, P = 0.040 in male, respectively) (b). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to determine the threshold of the TMT and TMA for outcomes. The threshold of TMT was 4.9 mm in female (sensitivity = 0.661, specificity = 0.750. AUC = 0.703, 95%CI 0.523–0.811, P = 0.003) and 6.7 mm in male (sensitivity = 0.647, specificity = 0.909. AUC = 0.767, 95%CI 0.602–0.933, P = 0.008) (c). The threshold of TMA was 193 mm² in female (sensitivity = 0.729, specificity = 0.700. AUC = 0.699, 95%CI 0.536–0.813, P = 0.024) and 333 mm² in male (sensitivity = 0.735, specificity = 0.727. AUC = 0.699, 95%CI 0.521–0.878, P = 0.049) (d).