Myosteatosis as an independent risk factor for mortality after kidney allograft transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Antoine Morel (Author), Yaniss Ouamri (Author), Florence Canouï‐Poitrine (Author), Sébastien Mulé (Author), Cécile Maud Champy (Author), Alexandre Ingels (Author), Vincent Audard (Author), Alain Luciani (Author), Philippe Grimbert (Author), Marie Matignon (Author), Frédéric Pigneur (Author), Thomas Stehlé (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Patients with end‐stage renal disease may display both a loss of skeletal muscle mass and an increase in muscle fat deposits. We aimed to analyse the impact of low skeletal muscle mass index (SMI, surrogate marker of sarcopenia) and low muscle density (MD, surrogate marker of myo...