Association between Sarcopenia and Depression in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases

Association between Sarcopenia and Depression in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases

Association between sarcopenia, as evaluated by grip strength (GS) and skeletal muscle mass (SMM), and depression, as evaluated by Beck Depression Inventory-2nd edition (BDI-II) in chronic liver diseases (CLDs, <i>n</i> = 414, average age = 61.5 years), was investigated. Study subjects w...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Nishikawa, Hirayuki Enomoto, Kazunori Yoh, Yoshinori Iwata, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Kyohei Kishino, Naoto Ikeda, Tomoyuki Takashima, Nobuhiro Aizawa, Ryo Takata, Kunihiro Hasegawa, Noriko Ishii, Yukihisa Yuri, Takashi Nishimura, Hiroko Iijima, Shuhei Nishiguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
chronic liver disease
sarcopenia
depression
beck depression inventory
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/5/634

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