Measurements of outcome
The cut off value for L3 skeletal muscle index was accepted as 38.5
cm2/m2 in women and 52.4
cm2/m2 in men [16]. According to
these threshold values, patients were divided into two groups as
sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients. The demographic data of
patients, primary diagnosis at admission to ICU (respiratory failure,
sepsis, cardiovascular failure, neurological, gastrointestinal symptoms,
multi-trauma, surgical, cancer, drug overdose), comorbidities, body mass
index (BMI), APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation)
and SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assesment) scores, blood prealbumin,
albumin, Vitamin D, urea and creatinine level, nutrition status (total
parenteral or enteral nutrition), duration of ventilation, length of
stay in ICU and hospital, and prognosis in the ICU (alive or death) were
recorded.