Sarcopenia and two types of presarcopenia in Japanese patients with chronic liver disease.

Atsushi Hiraoka,Kojiro Michitaka,Hidetaro Ueki,Miho Kaneto,Toshihiko Aibiki,Tomonari Okudaira,Takamasa Kawakami,Hiroka Yamago,Yoshifumi Suga,Hideomi Tomida,Yuji Miyamoto,Nobuaki Azemoto,Kenichiro Mori,Hideki Miyata,Eiji Tsubouchi,Tomoyuki Ninomiya,Masashi Hirooka,Masanori Abe,Bunzo Matsuura,Yoichi Hiasa

Sarcopenia and two types of presarcopenia in Japanese patients with chronic liver disease.

2016

Background/aimThe frequency of sarcopenia, defined as loss of both muscle volume and strength, was analyzed in chronic liver disease (CLD).Methods and materialsFrom April to September 2015, 807 Japanese CLD patients treated as outpatients were enrolled (67.1±10.0 years, men : women=466 : 341, hepati

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Diabetes mellitus
Chronic liver disease
Medicine
Sarcopenia
muscle volume
Pathology
Gastroenterology
Internal medicine

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