Frontiers in Medicine

Factors of pre-existing low muscle mass and its relationship with mortality in critically ill patients: a sex-specific analysis

By Weixia Yu, Shiping Wang, Haifang Wang, Jianzheng Cai, Yingying Zhang

Study in peoplePopulations

The paper

Weixia Yu, Shiping Wang, Haifang Wang, Jianzheng Cai, Yingying Zhang

First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Frontiers in Medicine, 19 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1903468 PubMed 42688120

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