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cord-318355-38x3f3ee	Yang, Yang	Visceral Adiposity and High Intramuscular Fat Deposition Independently Predict Critical Illness in Patients with Sars‐COV‐2	2020-07-17		.txt	text/plain	3963	228	48	High visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue area ratio (VSR, called visceral adiposity) (OR: 2.47, 95CI: 1.05 to 5.98, p=0.040) and low mean attenuation of skeletal muscle (SMD, called high intramuscular fat [IMF] deposition) (OR: 11.90, 95CI: 4.50 to 36.14, p<0.001) were independent risk factors for critical illness. In the present study, we explored the relationship between abdominal adipose tissue distribution, skeletal muscle area and IMF deposition and severity of COVID-19, in a retrospective cohort of 143 patients who had an un-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT). In this study, visceral adiposity and high IMF deposition were significantly associated with critical illness for patients with COVID-19. The present study showed that high IMF deposition was significantly associated with risk of critical illness and requiring mechanical ventilation in patients with COVID-19. Our findings show that patients with visceral adiposity or high IMF deposition were more likely to develop into critical illness when infected with COVID-19.	./cache/cord-318355-38x3f3ee.txt	./txt/cord-318355-38x3f3ee.txt