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HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 12, Pages 1264-1275Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12085
Keywords
dietary intake; elderly; liver cirrhosis; number of steps; sarcopenia
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- Health Labor Sciences Research Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan [H20-Hepatitis-General-005]
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AimThe association between sarcopenia and nutritional status is thought to be an important problem in patients with cirrhosis. In this study, we investigated whether nutritional factors were related to sarcopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis. MethodsThe subjects were 50 patients with cirrhosis aged 41 years or older. In this study, the subjects were interviewed about their dietary habits, and their daily physical activity was surveyed using a pedometer. The skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) was calculated using the appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) measured by bioelectric impedance analysis. The handgrip strength was measured using a hand dynamometer. Sarcopenia was defined by SMI and handgrip strength. The patients with cirrhosis were categorized as normal group or sarcopenia group, and the two groups were compared. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression modeling were used to identify the relevance for sarcopenia in patients with cirrhosis. ResultsHeight (odds ratio (OR), 5.336; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.063-26.784; P=0.042), energy intake per ideal bodyweight (IBW) (OR, 5.882; 95% CI, 1.063-32.554; P=0.042) and number of steps (OR, 4.767; 95% CI, 1.066-21.321; P=0.041) were independent relevant factors for sarcopenia. Moreover, a significantly greater number of the patients in the sarcopenia group had low values for both parameters' energy intake per IBW and number of steps. ConclusionOur results suggest that walking 5000 or more steps per day and maintaining a total energy intake of 30kcal/IBW may serve as a reference for lifestyle guidelines for compensated cirrhotic patients.
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