Gout patients exhibit decreased lumbar muscle quality compared with controls, consistent with an association between gout and sarcopenia.
Keyphrases
- skeletal muscle
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- uric acid
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- insulin resistance
- minimally invasive
- metabolic syndrome
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- photodynamic therapy
- contrast enhanced