Autor: |
Byoung Chan Ahn, Min Sagong, Jeongseok Kim, Myeongsoon Park, Jinmok Bae, Jin Wook Lee, Yoo Jin Lee, Ju Yup Lee, Byung Kuk Jang, Woo Jin Chung, Kwang Bum Cho, Jae Seok Hwang |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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Zdroj: |
Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2045-2322 |
DOI: |
10.1038/s41598-024-65243-6 |
Popis: |
Abstract Ischemic colitis (IC) and sarcopenia are associated with aging and multiple comorbidities. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and predictive role of sarcopenia in patients with IC. We retrospectively analyzed 225 hospitalized patients (median age, 72 years; women, 67.1%; severe IC, 34.2%) who were diagnosed with IC between January 2007 and February 2022. Sarcopenia was defined as the skeletal muscle index at the third lumbar vertebra determined by computed tomography. It was present in 49.3% (n = 111) of the patients and was significantly associated with severe IC compared to those without sarcopenia (48.6% vs. 20.2%, P |
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