Sarcopenia and Liver Disease: Current and Future Perspectives
A special issue of Gastroenterology Insights (ISSN 2036-7422). This special issue belongs to the section "Liver".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (2 July 2021) | Viewed by 432
Special Issue Editors
Interests: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; sarcopenia; liver; cirrhosis; adjustment
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Interests: sarcopenia; liver; cirrhosis; malnutrition; fatty liver; non-alcoholic fatty liver
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There are numerous nutritional, genetic, and environmental factors that have a more or less prominent impact on the sarcopenia of chronic liver disease. Sarcopenia is characterized by an age-related decrease in muscle mass and muscle strength. The prevalence of sarcopenia is 10–40% in people aged 65 or older. Recently, it has been known that sarcopenia is more closely related to metabolic diseases beyond the decline and quality of life in older patients. Sarcopenia is common in adults with chronic liver disease. This Special Issue will present articles indicating the prevalence of sarcopenia in chronic liver diseases. Obesity is common among adult sarcopenic patients and is also prevalent in chronic liver disease. Sarcopenia may lead to higher mortality in the liver disease patients. However, there are limited data on the effects of sarcopenia on infection risk, functional status, HRQoL, and mortality in chronic liver disease patients
This Special Issue wishes to shed new light on this exciting and insightful field of research from a multidisciplinary perspective. This Special Issue "Sarcopenia and Liver Disease: Current and Future Perspectives" reflects the interplay between hepatology and nutrition, with other health sciences at the leading edge of this growing research field, which intensively suggest new opportunities for improving the care of older individuals, or to prevent adverse outcomes. In the Special Issue, the readership will find relevant research carried out by several health care professionals and researchers with extensive knowledge on clinical settings and is intended to address new issues of interest of specific importance to research and clinical practice.
The journals Life and Gastroenterology Insights will jointly be publishing a Special Issue covering the topic "Sarcopenia and Liver Disease". See: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/special_issues/Sarcopenia_Liver
Prof. Dr. Dae Won Jun
Prof. Dr. Waqar K. Saeed
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sarcopenia
- liver
- non-alcoholic fatty liver
- age
- cirrhosis
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