Sarcopenia Is Independently Associated with the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Conclusions: Sarcopenia is independently associated with fibrotic burden in patients with T2DM. Further studies should investigate whether the improvement of sarcopenia can ameliorate liver fibrosis in patients with T2DM. PMID: 32135582 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32135582?dopt=Abstract

Source: Gut and Liver - March 7, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gut Liver Source Type: research