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Highlights • Weight and the BMI are inadequate proxies for adiposity that do not distinguish between muscle and adipose tissue or different specific deposits of adipose tissue (visceral and subcutaneous),… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Weight and the BMI are inadequate proxies for adiposity that do not distinguish between muscle and adipose tissue or different specific deposits of adipose tissue (visceral and subcutaneous), which have different physiological effects.• Patients with the same BMI are likely to have different anatomical distribution of adipose and muscle tissue.• To our knowledge, only few studies have investigated the association between fat and muscle tissue distribution of the body, and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Journal Title: European Journal of Radiology Open
Year Published: 2020
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