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The value of spot urinary creatinine as a marker of muscle wasting in patients with new-onset or worsening heart failure.

Paloma PandhiKoen W StrengStefan D AnkerJohn G F ClelandKevin DammanKenneth DicksteinPierpaolo PellicoriChim C LangLeong L NgNilesh J SamaniFaiez ZannadMarco MetraPatrick RossignolGerasimos FilippatosDirk J van VeldhuisenCarolyn S P LamJozine M Ter Maaten
Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2021)
Lower spot urinary creatinine is associated with smaller body dimensions, renal dysfunction, and more severe HF in patients with new-onset/WHF. Additionally, lower spot urinary creatinine is associated with an increased risk of weight loss and a poorer exercise capacity/quality of life. Urinary creatinine could therefore be a novel, easily obtainable marker to assess (risk of) muscle wasting in HF patients.
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