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Compound Sarcopenia in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis Worsens Outcomes with Increasing Age.
Nutrients - 18 Feb 2021
Welch Nicole, Attaway Amy, Bellar Annette, Alkhafaji Hayder, Vural Adil, Dasarathy Srinivasan
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BACKGROUND: There are limited data on outcomes of older patients with chronic diseases. Skeletal muscle loss of aging (primary sarcopenia) has been extensively studied but the impact of secondary sarcopenia of chronic disease is not as well evaluated. Older patients with chronic diseases have both primary and secondary sarcopenia that we term compound sarcopenia. We evaluated the clinical impact of compound...
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