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However, the influence of sex difference on the predictive role of sarcopenia in cancer prognosis has not been clearly defined. This retrospective cohort study investigated the effect of preoperative sarcopenia on the long-term outcomes of patients with gastric cancer (GC) based on sexual dimorphism.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Preoperative abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans from 379 GC patients who underwent radical gastrectomy were carefully analyzed. The patients were categorized into sarcopenia and non-sarcopenia groups according to the L3 skeletal muscle index (L3 SMI) measured on CT scans. Moreover, other indexes which can be used to evaluate the muscle area or the muscle quality, including skeletal muscle area (SMA), visceral fat area (VFA), subcutaneous fat area (SFA), skeletal muscle radiation attenuation (SM-RA), visceral fat index (VFI), subcutaneous fat index (SFI), and subcutaneous and visceral ratio (SV), were obtained from CT scans.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 254 men and 125 women included in our study. After calculation, we defined sex-specific SMI-related mortality cutoff as 39.73 and 32.97 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> for men and women. Univariable analysis showed that pathological tumor-node-metastasis (pTNM), depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, differentiation degree, preoperative sarcopenia (for men), SMA (for men), L3 SMI, SFA (for women), SFI (for women), SV (for women), and SM-RA (especially for men) were significant independent predictors of overall survival (OS). Multivariable analysis showed that pTNM, depth of invasion, poor differentiation, and SM-RA were significantly associated with 5-year OS in GC patients. However, CT-determined sarcopenia was associated with significantly worse OS only in men, and SFA was significantly associated with 5-year OS only in women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>SM-RA is a reliable prognostic factor in patients with GC after radical gastrectomy. The impact of indexes mentioned above on survival outcomes is dependent on sex. CT-determined preoperative sarcopenia, a muscle-related indicator, was associated with outcomes in men. 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