“…A study on morbidity after rectal cancer surgery found similar results as our study with higher incidence of complications CD grade ≥ III among patients with sarcopenic obesity (OR adjusted = 3.77, 95%CI = 1.1; 12.7) [ 11 ]. Some studies on SMD used different absolute cut-off values for SMD and are thereby difficult to compare to our results [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. In one study assessing SMD in patients treated for rectal cancer, outcome was also compared for those with SMD below and above the median, similar to the current study, which was 40HU for our study group.…”