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. 2022 Jun 21;12:10496. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14927-y

Table 4.

Predictive accuracy of the psoas muscle index and psoas muscle density for all-cause mortality.

Variables C-index p-value NRI p-value IDI p-value
All-cause mortality
Established risk factorsa 0.775 (0.705–0.845) Reference Reference
+ PMI 0.836 (0.773–0.900) 0.0095 0.922 < 0.00001 0.140 < 0.00001
+ PMD 0.877 (0.826–0.929) 0.0005 1.159 < 0.00001 0.199 < 0.00001
+ PMI and PMD 0.893 (0.843–0.942) < 0.00001 1.058 < 0.00001 0.255 < 0.00001

NRI net reclassification improvement, IDI integrated discrimination improvement, PMI psoas muscle index, PMD psoas muscle density.

aGender and age, history of cardiovascular disease, geriatric nutritional risk index, simplified creatinine index, and log of C-reactive protein level.