Is there a skeletal muscle mass threshold associated with the deterioration of insulin sensitivity in sedentary lean to obese postmenopausal women?
Our results suggest that sedentary postmenopausal women with an appendicular skeletal muscle mass index above 7.025 kg/m(2) may be at greater risk of insulin resistance. Prospective studies are needed to validate our result.
This study shows that viscerally obese patients with stage II colorectal cancer are at higher risk for poor outcomes and should be increasingly considered for adjuvant chemotherapy.