Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and sarcopenia in a Western population (NHANES III): The importance of sarcopenia definition

• Published in: Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 422 - 428
• Main Authors: Peng, Tao-Chun, Wu, Li-Wei, Chen, Wei-Liang, Liaw, Fang-Yih, Chang, Yaw-Wen, Kao, Tung-Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Aged; Comorbidity; confidence interval; Cross-Sectional Studies; Elderly; epidemiological studies; fatty liver; Female; fibrosis; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Geriatric Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle mass; muscles; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; nationalities and ethnic groups; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Nutrition Surveys; odds ratio; patients; regression analysis; Risk Factors; risk reduction; sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; skeletal muscle; Skeletal muscle index; United States; United States; CRP; NAFLD; OR; CI; NASH; SMI; NHANES III; Skeletal muscle index; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; BIA; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Elderly; Muscle mass; BMI

Recent epidemiological studies have shown that sarcopenia is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and advanced fibrosis in an Asian population. We investigated whether NAFLD is associated with a higher risk of sarcopenia using a different definition in elderly patients. A popula...