Sarcopenia as an important determinant for adverse outcomes in patients with pyogenic liver abscess

©2023 Liu et al..

Background: Low muscle mass/sarcopenia has been associated with poor prognosis in many diseases, but its clinical significance in pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between muscle mass and prognosis of patients with PLA.

Methods: A total of 154 adult patients with PLA hospitalized at Tongji Hospital (Wuhan, Hubei, China) between October 2011 and June 2021 were included in this retrospective analysis. Muscle-fat related indicators were measured by computed tomography (CT) images at the third lumbar vertebra (L3) level. The data of patients between the sarcopenia group and non-sarcopenia group were compared. Multivariate logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were performed.

Results: The skeletal muscle index (SMI) was independently associated with adverse outcomes (95% CI [0.649-0.954], P = 0.015) of PLA in multivariate logistic regression analysis. This conclusion held true in sex-specific subgroup analysis. ROC analysis indicated that SMI may predict adverse outcomes in both male (area under the ROC curve [AUC], 0.718; cut-off, 52.59; P < 0.001) and female (AUC, 0.714; cut-off, 38.39; P = 0.017) patient populations.

Conclusions: Sarcopenia serves as an independent risk factor for poor prognosis in PLA and patients with sarcopenia may be more prone to adverse outcomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

PeerJ - 11(2023) vom: 03., Seite e16055

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shaohua [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Song [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yunkai [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhelong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Body composition
Journal Article
Muscle mass
Prognosis
Pyogenic liver abscess
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retrospective
Sarcopenia

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Date Completed 01.11.2023

Date Revised 06.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7717/peerj.16055

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36303966X