Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics

Nuclear Medicine Service, Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-072, Brazil

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• Short Communication   
  Evaluating Sarcopenia in Liver Disease: Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Mass by Computed Tomography is not Related to MASLD by Liver Biopsy
  Author(s): Carine Luíze Panke, Gabriela Perdomo Coral, Fábio Kunihiro Maeda, Eiji Suwa, Angelo Alves de Mattos, Cristiane Valle Tovo and Luis Fernando Ferreira*
  
  Background: The relationship between sarcopenia and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) has been widely studied. However, there are still a lack in the knowledge about the best tools to asses sarcopenia in MASLD patients, and what cut-off points for the diagnosis criteria for sarcopenia are suitable for this population. Objective: T o com par e the Sk ele t al Muscle Mass (SMM) assessed b y Com put ed T omogr aph y (CT) in patients with MASLD assessed by Liver Biopsy (LB). Methods: Cross-sectional study with patients attended at the outpatient clinic in a tertiary hospital of southern Brazil. Were included individual aged >18 years, with MASLD confirmed by LB. The SMM was assessed by the quantification of the transverse area of the third lumbar vertebra (L3) in the CT. The results were analy.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9627.23.S17.003

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