The Utility of Psoas Muscle Assessment in Predicting Frailty in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Table 2

Characteristics of cohort in quartiles of the psoas-lumbar vertebral index including mortality and the length of stay.

	1^st quartile	2^nd quartile	3^rd quartile	4^th quartile
Female (%)	53	60	47	7
Age	84	85	85	81
Creatinine	91	88	105	121
Body mass index	23.5	26.9	25.1	31.7
30-day mortality	1	1	0	1
18-month mortality	3	1	0	5
Discharged home (%)	86	100	93	93
Length of stay (days)	5.07	5.64	5.93	9.86