Sarcopenia Is an Independent Risk Factor for NAFLD in COPD: A Nationwide Survey (KNHANES 2008-2011).

Kyung Soo Hong Min Cheol Kim June Hong Ahn

Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020)

Sarcopenia was associated with an increased risk for NAFLD in patients with COPD, independent of age, sex, lung function, and metabolic factors. Sarcopenic COPD was also associated with a high fibrotic burden in NAFLD patients. Pulmonologists should be aware of possible liver comorbidities in the sarcopenic COPD phenotype.

Keyphrases

lung function
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
patient reported outcomes
community dwelling