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Calf Circumference as a Useful Predictor of Sarcopenia in Patients With Liver Diseases.
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- Comparative assessment of sarcopenia screening tools for patients with bone tumors: insights for enhanced clinical application.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The Optimal Cut-off Value of Upper Arm Circumference and Calf Circumference for Assessing Sarcopenia Among Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
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- Calf circumference predicts frailty in older adults: the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Associations of geriatric nutrition risk index and other nutritional risk-related indexes with sarcopenia presence and their value in sarcopenia diagnosis.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- A Comparison of SARC-F, Calf Circumference, and Their Combination for Sarcopenia Screening among Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Muscular abnormalities in liver cirrhosis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Review
- Sarcopenia and Frailty in Liver Cirrhosis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Screening Tools for Sarcopenia.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Review
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Abstract
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aimTo elucidate the influence of calf circumference (CC) on sarcopenia in patients with chronic liver damages (CLDs, n=525, 255 men). PATIENTS AND
methodsAnthropometry parameters including arm circumference, arm muscle circumference, CC, arm muscle area, triceps skinfold thickness, waist circumference and body mass index were measured. Patients with both grip strength (GS) decline and skeletal muscle index (SMI) decline were diagnosed as sarcopenic.
resultsLiver cirrhosis was identified in 103 cases (40.4%) in males and 87 cases (32.2%) in females. Sarcopenia was identified in 23 male patients (9.0%) and 38 female patients (14.1%). CC had the strong positive correlation with SMI both in male (r=0.79, p<0.0001) and female (r=0.83, p<0.0001). Among the above mentioned 7 anthropometry parameters, CC had the highest area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) for sarcopenia both in males (AUC=0.88) and females (AUC=0.86).
conclusionCC can be helpful for predicting sarcopenia in CLDs.
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