Relationship Between Total Body Protein and Cross‐Sectional Skeletal Muscle Area in Liver Cirrhosis Is Influenced by Overhydration
Cameron I. Wells, John L. McCall, Lindsay D. Plank – 24 July 2018 – Sarcopenia as defined by reduced skeletal muscle area (SMA) on cross‐sectional abdominal imaging has been proposed as an objective measure of malnutrition, and it is associated with both wait‐list mortality and posttransplant complications in patients with cirrhosis. SMA, however, has never been validated against the gold standard measurement of total body protein (TBP) by in vivo neutron activation analysis (IVNAA).