Muscle mass assessment by computed tomography in chronic kidney disease patients: agreement with surrogate methods

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are subjected to muscle wasting. Therefore, it is important to investigate surrogate methods that enable the assessment of muscle mass loss in the clinical setting. We aimed to analyze the agreement between computed tomography (CT) and surrogate methods for the assessment of muscle mass in non-dialysis CKD patients. Cross-sectional study including 233 non-dialysis patients on CKD stages 3 to 5 (61 ± 11...