Background We aimed to elucidate the relationship between serum myostatin levels and
other markers including skeletal muscle mass and to investigate the influence of serum …

Aims We aimed to retrospectively examine the impact of pretreatment psoas muscle index (PMI)
as determined by computed tomography on survival for treatment naïve hepatocellular …

To the best of our knowledge, there are few previous studies that have investigated the
effect of decreased skeletal muscle mass (DSMM) on survival in patients with unresectable …

Aims: To investigate the influence of skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) as determined by
bioimpedance analysis (BIA) (appendicular skeletal muscle mass/(height) 2 ) on survival by …

Background/Aim: This study aimed to assess the association of the modified albumin-bilirubin
(mALBI) grade with the endoscopic findings of gastroesophageal varices (GEVs). Patients …

Aims To investigate the impact of low skeletal muscle mass (LSMM) on survival as compared
with protein–energy malnutrition (PEM) in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC). Methods A total …

Aim To develop and validate a simple predictive model using easily obtained clinical
parameters to predict decreased skeletal muscle mass (DSMM) in chronic liver disease (CLD) …

Introduction and purpose Sarcopenia is defined as a decrease in muscle mass and muscle
strength, and it has been demonstrated to be an adverse predictor in numerous types of …

We aimed to examine the effect of Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2-binding protein
(WFA + -M2BP) level on survival comparing with other laboratory liver fibrosis markers in …

Aims: We aimed to examine changes in skeletal muscle mass in chronic hepatitis C (CHC)
patients undergoing interferon (IFN)-free direct acting antivirals (DAAs) therapy who achieved …