Computed tomography, not bioelectrical impedance analysis, is the proper method for evaluating changes in skeletal muscle mass in liver disease

• Main Authors: Masatsugu Ohara (Author), Goki Suda (Author), Megumi Kimura (Author), Osamu Maehara (Author), Tomoe Shimazaki (Author), Taku Shigesawa (Author), Kazuharu Suzuki (Author), Akihisa Nakamura (Author), Naoki Kawagishi (Author), Masato Nakai (Author), Takuya Sho (Author), Mitsuteru Natsuizaka (Author), Kenichi Morikawa (Author), Koji Ogawa (Author), Naoya Sakamoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sarcopenia is associated with poor prognosis in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). As rapid skeletal muscle wasting predicts worse prognosis and a novel therapy for sarcopenia needs to be evaluated for validation, accurate evaluation methods for relative changes in muscle...