Sarcopenia as a prognostic predictor of liver cirrhosis: a multicentre study in China

• Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 1948 - 1958
• Main Authors: Zeng, Xin, Shi, Zhi‐Wen, Yu, Jia‐Jun, Wang, Li‐Fen, Luo, Yuan‐Yuan, Jin, Si‐Min, Zhang, Li‐Yuan, Tan, Wei, Shi, Pei‐Mei, Yu, Hong, Zhang, Chun‐Qing, Xie, Wei‐Fen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Abdomen; Age; Ascites; Body fat; Bowel disease; Breastfeeding & lactation; Cardiovascular disease; China - epidemiology; Cirrhosis‐related complications; Diagnostic criteria; End Stage Liver Disease; Female; Gastrointestinal surgery; Hepatitis; Humans; L3 skeletal muscle index; Laboratories; Liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis - complications; Liver Cirrhosis - diagnosis; Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology; Liver diseases; Liver function; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Malnutrition; Medical imaging; Mortality; Musculoskeletal system; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional screening; Original; Population; Prognosis; Prognosis prediction; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - diagnosis; Sarcopenia - epidemiology; Sarcopenia - etiology; Scanners; Severity of Illness Index; Software; Statistical analysis; Survival; Tomography; Tumors; Working groups; China; Liver function; Nutritional assessment; Sarcopenia; Diagnostic criteria; Cirrhosis-related complications; L3 skeletal muscle index; Prognosis prediction; Malnutrition; Nutritional screening; Survival

Background Diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia have not been established in Chinese. This study established criteria based on the L3‐skeletal muscle index (L3‐SMI) and assessed its value for outcomes predicting in cirrhotic Chinese patients. Methods Totally 911 subjects who underwent a CT scan at two...