Prospective study for an independent predictor of prognosis in liver cirrhosis based on the new sarcopenia criteria produced by the Japan Society of Hepatology.

Nahoko KikuchiHaruki UojimaHisashi HidakaShuichiro IwasakiNaohisa WadaKousuke KubotaTakahide NakazawaAkitaka ShibuyaTomoaki FujikawaMakoto KakoTeruko SatoWasaburo Koizumi

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)

The new Japan Society of Hepatology criteria for sarcopenia are accurate predictors of poor prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
long non coding rna
skeletal muscle
community dwelling
high resolution
mass spectrometry