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Rationale for SMFI development.
(A) Illustration of rationale behind SMFI development; (B) whole SMD and SMDpsoas; and (C) SMFI and SMFIpsoas in patients with low LS vs. those with high LS (2-tailed Student’s t test, n = 48). All data are mean ± SD. Significant differences are considered at p <0.05. CT, computed tomography; HU, Hounsfield unit; LS, liver stiffness; SMD, skeletal muscle density; SMDpsoas, psoas muscle density; SMFI, skeletal muscle fat index; SMFIpsoas, psoas fat index.
