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Sarcopenia predicts peri\u2010operative morbidity and long\u2010term survival. The most effective method to quantify sarcopenia is unclear, although measuring psoas muscle density (PMD) by circumscribing both psoas muscles and taking an average density appears promising. This research investigated whether the mean density of a representative ellipse from the psoas muscles (PMDe) provides a simpler approach to obtain the same prognostic information as PMD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This single\u2010centre retrospective cohort study included 432 patients undergoing elective colorectal surgical resection at University Hospital Geelong (Victoria, Australia), 2007\u20132014. PMD and PMDe were measured from pre\u2010operative CT scans. Pearson correlations investigated the relationship between PMD and PMDe. Logistic regression models described how these measures correlated with peri\u2010operative morbidity. Kaplan\u2013Meier curves described correlations with long\u2010term survival.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      PMDe correlated well with PMD (R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.818). Both PMDe and PMD correlated with major complications (OR\u2009=\u20090.962 (95% CI: 0.935\u20130.990) and OR\u2009=\u20090.963 (95% CI: 0.938\u20130.989), respectively) and peri\u2010operative mortality (OR\u2009=\u20090.928 (95% CI: 0.873\u20130.988) and OR\u2009=\u20090.903 (95% CI: 0.847\u20130.962), respectively). Receiver Operating Curves (ROC) demonstrated PMDe (AUC\u2009=\u20090.770 (95% CI: 0.619\u20130.921)) was a slightly less sensitive marker of peri\u2010operative mortality than PMD (AUC\u2009=\u20090.829 (95% CI: 0.731\u20130.928)). PMD correlated with long\u2010term survival (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02); PMDe did not (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.20).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PMDe correlated closely with PMD and both were effective prognostic markers of perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing major elective colorectal surgery. Further studies of these measures as proxies for sarcopenia from other centres, and examining outcomes from a range of patient cohorts are warranted. 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