Association of Muscle Mass Loss with Diabetes Development in Liver Transplantation Recipients

BACKGRUOUND: Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is one of the most significant complications after transplantation. Patients with end-stage liver diseases requiring transplantation are prone to sarcopenia, but the association between sarcopenia and PTDM remains to be elucidated. We aimed to investigate the effect of postoperative muscle mass loss on PTDM development.

METHODS: A total of 500 patients who underwent liver transplantation at a tertiary care hospital between 2005 and 2020 were included. Skeletal muscle area at the level of the L3-L5 vertebrae was measured using computed tomography scans performed before and 1 year after the transplantation. The associations between the change in the muscle area after the transplantation and the incidence of PTDM was investigated using a Cox proportional hazard model.

RESULTS: During the follow-up period (median, 4.9 years), PTDM occurred in 165 patients (33%). The muscle mass loss was greater in patients who developed PTDM than in those without PTDM. Muscle depletion significantly increased risk of developing PTDM after adjustment for other confounding factors (hazard ratio, 1.50; 95% confidence interval, 1.23 to 1.84; P=0.001). Of the 357 subjects who had muscle mass loss, 124 (34.7%) developed PTDM, whereas of the 143 patients in the muscle mass maintenance group, 41 (28.7%) developed PTDM. The cumulative incidence of PTDM was significantly higher in patients with muscle loss than in patients without muscle loss (P=0.034).

CONCLUSION: Muscle depletion after liver transplantation is associated with increased risk of PTDM development.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Diabetes & metabolism journal - 48(2024), 1 vom: 03. Jan., Seite 146-156

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Sejeong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Minyoung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Young-Eun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hae Kyung [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sook Jung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jiwon [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yurim [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Chul Hoon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hyangkyu [VerfasserIn]
Joo, Dong Jin [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Myoung Soo [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Eun Seok [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes mellitus
Journal Article
Liver transplantation
Muscle, skeletal
Sarcopenia

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.02.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4093/dmj.2022.0100

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366639870