The Presence of Myosteatosis Is Associated with Age, Severity of Liver Disease and Poor Outcome and May Represent a Prodromal Phase of Sarcopenia in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.
Eleni GeladariTheodoros AlexopoulosMeropi D KontogianniLarisa VasilievaIliana ManiRoxane TentaVasilios SevastianosIoannis VlachogiannakosAlexandra AlexopoulouPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The presence of myosteatosis was associated with advanced age, low skeletal mass and more severe LC. Myosteatosis was associated with poor prognosis and may represent a prodromal phase of muscle degeneration before the development of sarcopenia.