Clinical Usefulness of FRAX Score for Predicting Sarcopenia in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Clinical Usefulness of FRAX Score for Predicting Sarcopenia in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

We investigated the usefulness of the Fracture Risk Assessment tool (FRAX) for predicting sarcopenia in chronic liver disease (CLD). In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 321 patients with CLD. The FRAX with and without bone mineral density (BMD) was employed to calculate the 10-year risks of...

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Main Authors: Chisato Saeki, Mitsuru Saito, Tomoya Kanai, Masanori Nakano, Tsunekazu Oikawa, Yuichi Torisu, Masayuki Saruta, Akihito Tsubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
chronic liver disease
osteoporotic fracture
Fracture Risk Assessment tool
sarcopenia
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/18/4080

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