Muscle mass and cellular membrane integrity assessment in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Iasmin Dos Santos BarretoRaquel Oliveira Dos SantosRaquel Rocha Dos SantosClaudineia Almeida de SouzaNaiade Silveira AlmeidaLuiza Valois VieiraRafael Leiróz Pereira Duarte SilvaManoel Alfredo Curvelo SarnoCarla Hilário da Cunha DaltroHelma Pinchemel CotrimPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2021)
The prevalence of mass depletion and cell membrane impairment was higher in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The muscle mass depletion was associated with central obesity, aspartate aminotransferase elevated, and metabolic syndrome; however, the phase angle is not associated with clinical and anthropometric data.