ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2018
The prevalence of muscle wasting (sarcopenia) in peritoneal dialysis patients varies with ethnicity due to differences in muscle mass measured by bioimpedance.
Article in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sarcopenia Predicts Adverse Prognosis in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Sarcopenia as a predictor of mortality among the critically ill in an intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Recent Sarcopenia Definitions-Variability in Prevalence and Disability Associations in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Cut-Off Values for Sarcopenia and Mortality Risk in Older Dialysis Patients.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Insights into Sarcopenia in Dialysis Patients: Mechanisms, Assessment, and Therapeutic Approaches.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Hand Grip Strength Index, a Novel Tool in Risk-Assessing Multi-Ethnic End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients Treated by Haemodialysis.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Impact of sarcopenia on functional and cognitive recovery in Caucasian post-stroke patients following rehabilitation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between sarcopenic obesity and mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Development and validation of a nomogram model for predicting low muscle mass in patients undergoing hemodialysis.Renal failure · 2023Article
- Association of the modified creatinine index with muscle strength and mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis.Renal failure · 2022Article
- Frailty, appendicular lean mass, osteoporosis and osteosarcopenia in peritoneal dialysis patients.Journal of nephrology · 2022Article
- A Comparison of SARC-F, Calf Circumference, and Their Combination for Sarcopenia Screening among Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Resistance exercise and nutritional interventions for augmenting sarcopenia outcomes in chronic kidney disease: a narrative review.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2021Review
- Review
- Change in appendicular lean mass in patients established on peritoneal dialysis as measured by dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Changes in extracellular water and left ventricular mass in peritoneal dialysis patients.Kidney research and clinical practice · 2021Article
- Skeletal Muscle Mass Loss During Cancer Treatment: Differences by Race and Cancer Site.Oncology nursing forum · 2020Article
- The cut-off values of handgrip strength and lean mass index for sarcopenia among patients on peritoneal dialysis.Nutrition & metabolism · 2020Article
- Clinical value of body composition monitor to evaluate lean and fat tissue mass in peritoneal dialysis.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Observational
- Update of the European consensus on sarcopenia: what has changed in diagnosis and prevalence in peritoneal dialysis?European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesSarcopenia is associated with increased mortality. European and North American recommended screening for low muscle mass uses gender specific cut points, with no adjustment for ethnicity. We wished to determine whether the prevalence of sarcopenia was altered by ethnicity in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. SUBJECTS/
methodsWe measured appendicular lean mass indexed to height (ALMI) in PD patients by segmental bioimpedance and determined sarcopenia using different cut off points for reduced muscle mass.
resultsWe measured ALMI in 434 PD patients, 55.1% males, mean age 55.3 ± 16.2 years, 32.3% diabetic, 54.1% white, 23.7% Asian, 19.1% black. ALMI was lower in Asian women, compared to white and black women (6.4 ± 1.1 vs. 6.6 ± 1.0 and 6.9 ± 1.4 kg/m
conclusionsThere is no universally agreed consensus definition for loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and current European and North American recommended cut points for screening are adjusted only for gender. As body composition differs also with age and ethnicity, then ideally cut points should be based on age, gender and ethnicity normative values.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.