Kidney function in cachexia and sarcopenia: Facts and numbers

• Main Authors: Masatsugu Okamura (Author), Masaaki Konishi (Author), Javed Butler (Author), Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh (Author), Stephan vonHaehling (Author), Stefan D. Anker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Cachexia, in the form of unintentional weight loss >5% in 12 months or less, and secondary sarcopenia in the form of muscle wasting are serious conditions that affect clinical outcomes. A chronic disease state such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) often contributes to these wasting disord...