体幹筋力が心筋梗塞リスク低下と関連(Strong torso muscles linked to lower heart attack risk)

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2026-06-30 エディンバラ大学

英国のThe University of Edinburghの研究チームは、胸部・背部の骨格筋の「量」ではなく「質(筋密度)」が、心筋梗塞や早期死亡リスクと強く関連することを明らかにした。研究では、胸痛で冠動脈CT血管造影(CCTA)を受けた1,722人の患者について、AIを用いて胸部・背部の筋肉、脂肪、骨などを解析した。その結果、筋肉内の脂肪が少なく密度の高い骨格筋を持つ人ほど、10年間の心筋梗塞発症リスクが31%、死亡リスクが39%低下することが判明した。一方、筋肉の大きさ自体はリスク低下と関連せず、筋肉の質が重要であることが示された。研究チームは、筋密度の高い人は身体活動量が多く、心血管の健康状態も良好である可能性が高いと考えている。将来的には、日常診療で実施されるCCTA画像をAI解析することで、心血管疾患リスクの高い患者を効率的に抽出し、運動療法や薬物治療などの予防介入へつなげられる可能性があるとしている。

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SCOT-HEART試験における冠動脈CT血管造影による体組成、心筋梗塞、および死亡率の機械学習による多臓器解析 Machine Learning Multiorgan Analysis of Coronary CT Angiography Body Composition, Myocardial Infarction, and Mortality in the SCOT-HEART Trial

Alan Ranieri Guimaraes, PhD, Steven E. Williams, MBChB, PhD, Mark T. Macmillan, MBChB, PhD, Kayleigh Wood, MBChB, Chaoyang Wang, MBChB, Jonathan R. Weir-McCall, MBChB, PhD, Philip D. Adamson, MD, PhD, …, and Michelle C. Williams, MBChB, PhD
Radiology  Published:Jun 30 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.251821

Abstract

Background

Coronary CT angiography provides prognostic information in addition to coronary findings.

Purpose

To evaluate associations between machine learning–derived multiorgan body composition and 10-year outcomes in the SCOT-HEART (Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart) trial.

Materials and Methods

Wide field-of-view images of 1722 patients (recruited between November 2010 and September 2014) were retrospectively processed using the TotalSegmentator model. The volume and mean attenuation of segmented organs were calculated. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were constructed for all-cause mortality and myocardial infarction (MI), adjusted for age, sex, and scan length. Odds ratios or hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs were calculated per 10-unit increase in attenuation or volume.

Results

Mortality and MI occurred in 133 (7.72%) and 106 (6.16%) of the 1722 patients, respectively (age, 57.5 years ± 9.5 [SD]; 55.7% male). Coronary artery disease was associated with greater lung attenuation (odds ratio, 1.04 [95% CI: 1.03, 1.06]; P < .001), lower liver attenuation (odds ratio, 0.87 [95% CI: 0.8, 0.95]; P = .034), and greater torso fat volume (odds ratio, 1.01 [95% CI: 1.01, 1.02]; P < .001) after multivariable adjustment. Increased skeletal muscle attenuation was associated with lower all-cause mortality (HR, 0.61 [95% CI: 0.47, 0.79]; P < .001) after multivariable adjustment. MI was associated with increased myocardial volume (HR, 1.09 [95% CI: 1.01, 1.16]; P = .018) and decreased rib (HR, 0.98 [95% CI: 0.96, 1.0]; P = .043) and skeletal muscle (HR, 0.69 [95% CI: 0.54, 0.87]; P = .002) attenuation after multivariable adjustment. However, when further adjusted for coronary calcium score, only skeletal muscle attenuation was associated with MI (HR, 0.72 [95% CI: 0.57, 0.91]; P = .007). Patients with skeletal muscle attenuation below the median had a higher risk of mortality (HR, 1.85 [95% CI: 1.30, 2.64]; P < .001) or experience MI (HR, 1.58 [95% CI: 1.07, 2.33]; P = .022).

Conclusion

Multiorgan body composition analysis using coronary CT angiography provided additional prognostic information, among which skeletal muscle attenuation was particularly important.

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