The Relationship of Obesity, Nutritional Status and Muscle Wasting in Patients Assessed for Liver Transplantation

The Relationship of Obesity, Nutritional Status and Muscle Wasting in Patients Assessed for Liver Transplantation

Introduction: Obesity co-exists with malnutrition and muscle atrophy in patients with cirrhosis. Muscle wasting is a feature of sarcopenia, a known determinant of patient outcomes. This is the first description of a relationship between obesity, subjective global assessment (SGA) of nutritional stat...

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Main Authors: Helen Vidot, Katharine Kline, Robert Cheng, Liam Finegan, Amelia Lin, Elise Kempler, Simone I. Strasser, David Geoffrey Bowen, Geoffrey William McCaughan, Sharon Carey, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Nicholas Adam Shackel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
obesity
muscle wasting
nutritional status
cirrhosis
liver transplantation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/9/2097

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