VIDEO: Correlations identified between skeletal muscle mass index, urea reduction ratio
Key takeaways:
- Researchers found a positive relationship between skeletal muscle index and serum creatine.
- A negative relationship was found between skeletal muscle index and urea reduction ratios.
AUSTIN, Texas — In this video at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Glenn W. Brietzke, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, discusses his award-winning poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.
Brietzke and colleagues conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data derived from the Rutgers Nutrition and Kidney Database in which they sought to identify specific protein-related biomarkers that correlated with skeletal muscle mass index.
“We did find two significant findings, one of which being a slight positive relationship between skeletal muscle index and serum creatine,” Brietzke told Healio. “One of the more unusual findings was a negative relationship between skeletal muscle index and urea reduction ratio.”
Brietzke said researchers in the future should consider conducting longitudinal studies with multiple data points.
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Brietzke GW. et al. Poster 389. Presented at: National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings; April 11-15, 2023; Austin, Texas.
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