Body Composition in the General Population: Whole-body MRI–derived Reference Curves from Over 66 000 Individuals

Radiology 2026

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Authors: Matthias Jung, Marco Reisert, H. Rieder, Susanne Rospleszcz, Tobias Haueise, Tobias Pischon, Thoralf Niendorf, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Henry Völzke, Robin Bülow, M Russe, C Schlett
+4 more M Lu, F Bamberg, Vineet K. Raghu, J Weiß
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.251939
Cited by: 3
References: 35

Abstract

Body composition z-scores derived from whole-body MRI scans were used to identify age-related risk patterns and add prognostic value beyond traditional risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular events, and mortality; an open-source age-, sex-, and height-adjusted z-score calculator is available at https://circ-ml.github.io .

Fields of Study & Subjects

Body Composition Measurement Techniques Nutrition and Health in Aging Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Radiology
Publisher
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Volume
319
Issue
2
Pages
e251939–e251939
Publication date
1 May 2026
Language
EN