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Estimation of appendicular skeletal muscle: Development and validation of anthropometric prediction equations in
Peng Wu1, Li Chen2, Jianfeng Jin1
1Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Objective:
To develop anthropometric prediction equations for estimating appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM) in Chinese knee osteoarthritis patients.
Methods:
Subjects were divided into the model development group (MD group: 104 cases, 47 men and 57 women) and cross-validation group (CV group: 69 cases, 38 men and 31 women). Stepwise multiple linear regression analyses were undertaken in the MD group to identify the best equations. Agreement between the estimated ASM and ASM measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was tested in the CV group.
Results:
Two models were developed in the MD group. Validation in the CV group showed that our models (R2 = 0.83 and R2 = 0.90) had a high coefficient of determination. The mean bias of ASM estimated by the two models from the ASM measured by DXA in the CV group showed no significant difference (P > 0.05).
Conclusion:
These models could be useful for older Chinese patients with knee osteoarthritis to estimate ASM.
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