Fig. 1

Impact of surgery-related muscle quantity and quality loss on survival in patients after liver resection for colorectal liver metastasis. a We found no significant difference in overall survival between patients with and without muscle quantity loss, and however, a trend was seen. b Patients with muscle quality loss had a significantly lower survival than patients without muscle quality loss (log-rank test, P = 0.012). c Patients without muscle quantity and quality muscle loss had significantly higher survival than other categories, while patients with both muscle quantity and quality loss had significantly lower survival (log-rank test, P = 0.049)