Skeletal Muscle Mass

Urea reduction ratio — a metric of hemodialysis efficacy in removing urea — may predict skeletal muscle mass for adults on maintenance hemodialysis, according to research published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

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.

Sarcopenic obesity may increase the risk for chronic kidney disease among adults with type 2 diabetes, but low muscle mass without obesity was not associated with CKD, according to study results published in Obesity.

Protein intake positively correlated with recovery of skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients, according to a study in Clinical Nutrition.

Decreases in skeletal muscle mass are associated with cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes, particularly among older adults, according to a study published in Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.

Adults in South Korea with diabetes had a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and peripheral arterial disease if they had low appendicular skeletal muscle mass and low grip strength, according to study data.

Menopausal women experiencing vasomotor symptoms are less likely to have sarcopenia compared with those who do not have vasomotor symptoms, according to a study published in Menopause.

Older men with a skeletal mass index threshold below 42 cm2 per m2 experienced more hospitalizations with longer stays in the year following kidney transplantation than those who had a higher preoperative skeletal mass index.

People with diabetes and less appendicular skeletal muscle mass are more likely to have lower bone mineral density in the lumbar spine, hip and femoral neck and are at a greater risk for osteoporosis, according to study data.