Reduced muscle strength is closely linked to computed tomography-defined myosteatosis among inpatients with cirrhosis

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BACKGROUND: Myosteatosis indicates pathological fat infiltration in muscles and is regarded as a distinct disease from sarcopenia. This muscular condition exhibits a link to muscle fiber disarrangement coinciding with disrupted muscle contractility and weakened mechanical action, mirrored as decreased muscle quality. However, the relationship between handgrip strength (HGS) and computed tomography-defined myosteatosis among cirrhosis is unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between HGS and myosteatosis and determine gender-specific cutoffs regarding HGS to identify myosteatotic subjects.

METHODS: We prospectively recruited 221 cirrhotic patients. The presence of myosteatosis was determined according to intramuscular adipose tissue content. The relationship between HGS and myosteatosis was evaluated according to Spearman correlation coefficient, area under the ROC curve, and multivariate logistic regression analysis. Moreover, a model based on the classification and regression tree method was generated.

RESULTS: Our results showed that HGS exhibits modestly negative correlation with intramuscular adipose tissue content in the entire cohort (rs = -0.269, P < .001) and across diverse subgroups precluding extremely deteriorating conditions. After controlling for multiple clinical features and biochemical parameters, HGS (odds ratio = 0.921, P = .010) was independently associated with myosteatosis in addition to age and body mass index. On applying the Japan Society of Hepatology-recommended cutoffs, an area under the ROC curve of HGS was 0.627 with a sensitivity of 77.4% and a specificity of 47.9%. The decision tree including body mass index and low HGS correctly classified ~85% of the cases in development and validation sets.

CONCLUSIONS: HGS was in close relation to myosteatosis among inpatients with cirrhosis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:100

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Postgraduate medical journal - 100(2023), 1179 vom: 21. Dez., Seite 12-19

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Tianming [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wanting [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Gaoyue [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Han [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chaoqun [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Yangyang [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Binxin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Xiaofei [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xingliang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fat infiltration
Handgrip strength
Journal Article
Liver cirrhosis
Muscle quality
Myosteatosis

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Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 25.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/postmj/qgad097

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363205438