TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of weight-adjusted contrast enhancement on computed tomography-derived skeletal muscle measures
T2 - A retrospective proof-of concept comparative study between Danish females and males
AU - Brath, Mia Solholt Godthaab
AU - Kristensen, Sebastian Villesen
AU - Sahakyan, Marina
AU - Mark, Esben Bolvig
AU - Rasmussen, Henrik Højgaard
AU - Østergaard, Lasse Riis
AU - Frøkjær, Jens Brøndum
AU - Weinreich, Ulla Møller
N1 - Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) has an underutilized potential for evaluating body composition in clinical settings. Often conducted with intravenous contrast (IVC), CT scans yield unused body composition data due to unclear effects on skeletal muscle area (SMA), skeletal muscle index (SMI), and muscle density (SMD).OBJECTIVES: This study investigates whether weight-adjusted IVC influences SMA, SMI, and SMD differently in females and males compared with noncontrast abdominal CT. In addition, the study explores associations between contrast and noncontrast-assessed SMA, SMI, SMD, and demographic factors.METHODS: A comparative observational retrospective study was conducted on Danish patients who underwent consecutive 4-phased contrast-enhanced abdominal CT scans (noncontrast, arterial, venous, and late venous phases). Muscle measures were evaluated using validated semiautomated threshold-based software by 3 independent raters.RESULTS: The study included 72 patients (51 males and 21 females) with a mean age of 59 (55 and 62) y. Weight-adjusted IVC increased SMA by ≤3.28 cm2 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.58, 3.98) corresponding to 2.4% (1.8, 2.9) in the late venous phase compared with noncontrast CT. Analysis between sexes showed no difference in the effects of IVC on SMA and SMI between females and males. However, females exhibited a higher increase in SMD during the venous by a mean of 1.7 HU (0.9; 2.5) and late venous phases with a mean HU of 1.80 (1.0; 2.6) compared with males. Multivariate regression analysis indicated an association between the differences in SMD and sex during venous (-1.38, 95% CI: -2.48, -0.48) and late venous phases (-1.23, 95% CI: -2.27, -0.19).CONCLUSIONS: Weight-adjusted IVC leads to increased SMA, SMI, and SMD. Although SMA and SMI differences were consistent across the sexes, females exhibited a significantly higher SMD increase than males in the venous and late venous phases. Further investigations are necessary to determine the applicability of SMD as a muscle quality proxy in IVC CT scans.
AB - BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) has an underutilized potential for evaluating body composition in clinical settings. Often conducted with intravenous contrast (IVC), CT scans yield unused body composition data due to unclear effects on skeletal muscle area (SMA), skeletal muscle index (SMI), and muscle density (SMD).OBJECTIVES: This study investigates whether weight-adjusted IVC influences SMA, SMI, and SMD differently in females and males compared with noncontrast abdominal CT. In addition, the study explores associations between contrast and noncontrast-assessed SMA, SMI, SMD, and demographic factors.METHODS: A comparative observational retrospective study was conducted on Danish patients who underwent consecutive 4-phased contrast-enhanced abdominal CT scans (noncontrast, arterial, venous, and late venous phases). Muscle measures were evaluated using validated semiautomated threshold-based software by 3 independent raters.RESULTS: The study included 72 patients (51 males and 21 females) with a mean age of 59 (55 and 62) y. Weight-adjusted IVC increased SMA by ≤3.28 cm2 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.58, 3.98) corresponding to 2.4% (1.8, 2.9) in the late venous phase compared with noncontrast CT. Analysis between sexes showed no difference in the effects of IVC on SMA and SMI between females and males. However, females exhibited a higher increase in SMD during the venous by a mean of 1.7 HU (0.9; 2.5) and late venous phases with a mean HU of 1.80 (1.0; 2.6) compared with males. Multivariate regression analysis indicated an association between the differences in SMD and sex during venous (-1.38, 95% CI: -2.48, -0.48) and late venous phases (-1.23, 95% CI: -2.27, -0.19).CONCLUSIONS: Weight-adjusted IVC leads to increased SMA, SMI, and SMD. Although SMA and SMI differences were consistent across the sexes, females exhibited a significantly higher SMD increase than males in the venous and late venous phases. Further investigations are necessary to determine the applicability of SMD as a muscle quality proxy in IVC CT scans.
KW - Body Composition
KW - Body Weight
KW - Contrast Media
KW - Denmark
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Muscle, Skeletal/diagnostic imaging
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.06.009
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38936776
SN - 0002-9165
VL - 120
SP - 696
EP - 706
JO - The American journal of clinical nutrition
JF - The American journal of clinical nutrition
IS - 3
ER -