Independent association of thigh muscle fat density with vascular events in Korean adults

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  Fig. 1. (A) Measurement of visceral fat area at umbilical level. (B) Measurement of fat area and low density muscle (LDM) and normal density muscle (NDM) area at mid-thigh level. C and D. Representative photos of individuals who had small LDM and large NDM area (C) and who had large LDM and small NDM area (D)

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  Fig. 2. Incidence of vascular event according to (A) LDM area (cm2) or (B) LDM/NDM ratio (%). Red and blue indicates the participants who did or did not develop the disease, respectively. VE, vascular event; CAD, coronary artery disease; CeVD, cerebrovascular disease; PAD, peripheral artery disease. P value between the groups is listed above the bars

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  Fig. 3. The Kaplan–Meier survival curve demonstrating the incidence of vascular events over the follow-up period, stratified by the optimal cutoff values for LDM/NDM ratio. Participants with high LDM/NDM ratios are represented by black line and low LDM/NDM ratios are in red line, with the 95% confidence interval in shades

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  Fig. 4. Summary receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for predicting vascular events. (A) Vascular events in men. Model 1 (black solid line) was adjusted for age, HbA1c, hsCRP, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Model 2 (red dashed line) was further adjusted for LDM/NDM ratio. (B) Vascular events in women. Model 1 was adjusted for age, HbA1c, dyslipidemia, and smoking. Model 2 was further adjusted for LDM/NDM ratio