Akihiko Shibamoto, Tadashi Namisaki, Junya Suzuki, Takahiro Kubo, Satoshi Iwai, Fumimasa Tomooka, Soichi Takeda, Yuki Fujimoto, Takashi Inoue, Misako Tanaka, Aritoshi Koizumi, Nobuyuki Yorioka, Takuya Matsuda, Shohei Asada, Yuki Tsuji, Yukihisa Fujinaga, Norihisa Nishimura, Shinya Sato, Hiroaki Takaya, Koh Kitagawa, Kosuke Kaji, Hideto Kawaratani, Takemi Akahane, Akira Mitoro, Hitoshi Yoshiji
Alcohol is a major risk factor of liver cirrhosis (LC). This study aimed to elucidate a surrogate marker of sarcopenia in patients with LC of different etiology. Out of 775 patients with LC, 451 were assessed for handgrip strength and skeletal muscle mass (by computed tomography). They were then divided into two groups: alcoholic cirrhosis (AC; n = 149) and nonalcoholic cirrhosis (NAC; n = 302). Endotoxin activity (EA) levels were measured with an EA assay. Group AC showed significantly higher platelet counts ( p = 0...
June 29, 2023: Diagnostics