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Table 1 Prediction effect of preoperative sarcopenia on prognosis of esophageal cancer

From: Correlation between sarcopenia and esophageal cancer: a narrative review

Author, year

Disease, cases

Age

Sarcopenia (proportion)

Muscle quality measurement

Criteria for sarcopenia

Predictive value

Type of study

Yuichiro Nakashima et al. [24]

2018

EC

341 (total)

166 (age ≥ 65)

NA

170 (49.9%, total)

74 (44.6%, age ≥ 65)

CT

Male: SMI < 47.24a, female: SMI < 36.92a

In-hospital death↑

(age ≥ 65)

Postoperative complications↑

(age ≥ 65)

Retrospective cohort study

Daisuke Makiura et al. [16]

2016

EC

104

NA

29 (27.9%)

BIA

Male: SMI < 7.0b, HGS < 26, GS < 0.8

Female: SMI < 5.7b, HGS < 18, GS < 0.8

Postoperative pulmonary complications↑

Retrospective cohort study

Jessie A. Elliott et al. [25]

2017

LAEC

192

Mean (SD): 61.6 (9.3)

49 (25.5%)

CT

PET-CT

Male: SMI < 52.4a, female: SMI < 38.5a

Major postoperative complications↑

Postoperative pulmonary complications↑

Prolonged intubation↑

PPCs↑

LOS↑

Prospective cohort study

Satoshi Ida et al. [26]

2015

ESCC

138

NA

61 (44.2%)

BIA

 < 90% standard skeletal muscle mass value defined according to the age, sex, and height of each patient

Pulmonary complications↑

Prospective cohort study

Daisuke Makiura et al. [27]

2017

EC

98

Median (IQR): 67 (61–71)

31 (31.6%)

BIA

Male: SMI < 7.0b, HGS < 26, GS < 0.8

Female: SMI < 5.7b, HGS < 18, GS < 0.8

day unplanned readmission rate↑

OS↓

Prospective cohort study

Pei-yu Wang et al. [28]

2020

EC

212

Mean ± SD: 64.9 ± 7.2

55 (25.9%)

BIA

Male: SMI < 7.0b, HGS < 26, GS < 0.8

Female: SMI < 5.7b, HGS < 18, GS < 0.8

Overall complications↑

Major complications↑

Delayed hospital discharge↑

Prospective cohort study

Uli Fehrenbach et al. [29]

2021

EC

85

Mean (range): 64.3 (45–83)

58 (68.2%)

CT

Male: L3 SMI ≤ 52.4a

Female: L3 SMI ≤ 38.5a

LOS↑

Major complications↑

Retrospective cohort study

Makoto Sakai et al. [30]

2020

EC

89

Mean (range): 65 (42–81)

49 (55.1%)

CT

Male: L3 SMI ≤ 52.4a

Female: L3 SMI ≤ 38.5a

Systemic inflammation↑

OS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Shinya Yoshida et al. [23]

2021

EC

71

Mean (range): 67 (59–72)

29 (40.8%)

BIA

Male: SMI < 7.0b

Female: SMI < 5.7b

Postoperative complications↑

LOS↑

Prospective cohort study

Jinxin Xu et al. [31]

2019

EC

141

Mean ± SD: 59.7 ± 6.8

73 (51.8%)

CT

Male: L3 SMI ≤ 52.4a

Female: L3 SMI ≤ 38.5a

Postoperative complications↑

Retrospective cohort study

D. Soma et al. [32]

2018

ESCC

102

Mean: 67.3

45 (44.1%)

CT

Male: SMI < 43a, if BMI < 25

SMI < 53a, if BMI ≥ 25

Female: SMI < 41a

Postoperative respiratory complications↑

Retrospective cohort study

Takuya Fukushima et al. [33]

2023

EC

274

Median (IQR): 65.5 (58.0–71.0)

204 (74.5%)

CT

Male: L3 SMI ≤ 52.4a

Female: L3 SMI ≤ 38.5a

Postoperative pneumonia↑

Retrospective cohort study

Andrea Cossu et al. [34]

2023

EC

223

Median (range): 62.7 (29–85)

152 (68.1%)

CT

Male: SMI ≤ 52.4a

Female: SMI ≤ 38.5a

Postoperative 90-day mortality↑

Retrospective cohort study

Bethsabee Benadon et al. [35]

2020

EC

104

Mean ± SD (min–max): 63 ± 12 (20.2–87)

84 (81%)

Female: 26 (81.2%)

Male: 58 (80.6%)

CT

According to international data:

Male: SMI < 43a, if BMI < 25

SMI < 53a, if BMI ≥ 25

Female: SMI < 41a

Mean SMI as cut-off value:

Male: SMI < 46a

Female: SMI < 35a

OS (male)↓

Retrospective cohort study

Kensuke Kudou et al. [36]

2017

EGJC

59

NA

19 (32.2%)

CT

Male: SMI < 43a, if BMI < 25

SMI < 53a, if BMI ≥ 25

Female: SMI < 41a

OS↓

RFS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Xiang Tan et al. [22]

2021

EC

158

NA

120 (75.9%)

CT

Male: L3 SMI ≤ 35.4a

Female: L3 SMI ≤ 32.96a

OS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Keita Takahashi et al. [37]

2021

EC

229

NA

35 (15.3%)

CT

Male: SMI < 43a, if BMI < 25

SMI < 53a, if BMI ≥ 25

Female: SMI < 41a

OS↓

RFS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Keijiro Sugimura et al. [38]

2022

EC

363

NA

139 (38.2%)

BIA

Male: SMI < 7.0b

Female: SMI < 5.7b

Poor survival↑

Retrospective cohort study

Takashi Nakayama et al. [39]

2021

EC

63

Mean ± SD: 66.27 ± 7.96

44 (69.84%)

CT

Male: L3 PMI < 6.36

Female: L3 PMI < 3.92

OS↓

DFS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Yohei Ozawa et al. [40]

2019

ESCC

82

Mean ± SD: 63.5 ± 7.5

21 (25.6%)

CT

The sex-specific 25th percentile for the PMI as cut-off value

DFS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Huajian Peng et al. [41]

2021

ESCC

121

NA

65 (53.7%)

CT

Male: L3 SMI ≤ 52.4a

Female: L3 SMI ≤ 38.5a

OS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Connor J. Wakefield et al. [42]

2021

LAEC

52

Median (IOR): 65 (57–70)

39 (75%)

CT

Male: SMI < 43a, if BMI < 25

SMI < 53a, if BMI ≥ 25

Female: SMI < 41a

OS↓

DFS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Matevz Srpcic et al. [43]

2020

EC

139

Mean ± SD: 63.9 ± 9.5

Range: 30–83

23 (16.5%)

CT

Male: SMI < 43.1

Female: SMI < 32.7a

OS↓

Prospective cohort study

J. Oguma, S. Ozawa et al. [44]

2019

SESCC

194

Mean (range): 64.1 (43–86)

28 (14.4%)

CT

Male: L3 SMI ≤ 52.4a

Female: L3 SMI ≤ 38.5a

OS↓

DFS↓

PPC↑

Retrospective cohort study

Ulf Zeuge et al. [45]

2023

MEC

202

Median (range): 62 (32–88)

103 (51%)

CT

Male: SMI < 43a, if BMI < 25

SMI < 53a, if BMI ≥ 25

Female: SMI < 41a

PFS↓

OS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Miho Yamamoto et al. [46]

2023

ESCC

97

Median (range): 68 (42–81)

44 (46.4%)

CT

SMI < 41a

RFS↓

OS↓

Retrospective cohort study

Ricarda Hinzpeter et al. [47]

2023

GEC, EC

128

Mean ± SD: 63.5 ± 11.7

Range: 29–91

60 (47%)

PET-CT

CT

Male: SMI < 37.5a

Female: SMI < 29.7a

PFS↓

OS↓

Retrospective cohort study

  1. SMI Skeletal muscle mass index (a: cm2/m2, b: kg/m2), BMI Body mass index (kg/m2), PMI Psoas muscle index (kg/m2), IQR Interquartile range, HGS Hand grip strength (kg), ASM Appendicular skeletal muscle mass (kg), LAEC Locally advanced esophageal cancer, ESCC Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, OS Overall survival, DFS Disease-free survival, RFS Recurrence-free survival, PFS Progress-free survival, GEC Gastroesophageal cancer, CT Computed tomography, BIA Bioelectrical impedance analysis, GS Gait speed (m/s), PPC Postoperative pulmonary complications, LOS Length of stay, EGJC Esophagogastric junction carcinoma, UGC Upper gastric cancer, MEC Metastatic esophageal cancer, NA No available