Continued muscle loss increases mortality in cirrhosis: Impact of aetiology of liver disease.
Nicole WelchJaividhya DasarathyAshok RunkanaRevathi PenumatsaAnnette BellarJaspreet ReenDaniel RotroffArthur J McCulloughSrinivasan DasarathyPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
Aetiology of liver disease is an independent risk factor for sarcopenia with the greatest rate of muscle loss noted in ALD. Survival in cirrhosis was dependent on initial muscle mass, rate of muscle loss and MELD score.