Impact of Virtual Touch Quantification in Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse for Skeletal Muscle Mass Loss in Chronic Liver Diseases

We sought to clarify the relationship between virtual touch quantification (VTQ) in acoustic radiation force impulse and skeletal muscle mass as assessed by bio-electronic impedance analysis in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLDs, = 468, 222 males and 246 females, median age = 62 years). Decr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nutrients 2017-06, Vol.9 (6), p.620
Hauptverfasser: Nishikawa, Hiroki, Nishimura, Takashi, Enomoto, Hirayuki, Iwata, Yoshinori, Ishii, Akio, Miyamoto, Yuho, Ishii, Noriko, Yuri, Yukihisa, Takata, Ryo, Hasegawa, Kunihiro, Nakano, Chikage, Yoh, Kazunori, Aizawa, Nobuhiro, Sakai, Yoshiyuki, Ikeda, Naoto, Takashima, Tomoyuki, Nishiguchi, Shuhei, Iijima, Hiroko
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Zusammenfassung:We sought to clarify the relationship between virtual touch quantification (VTQ) in acoustic radiation force impulse and skeletal muscle mass as assessed by bio-electronic impedance analysis in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLDs, = 468, 222 males and 246 females, median age = 62 years). Decreased skeletal muscle index (D-SMI) was defined as skeletal muscle index (SMI)
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu9060620