The Nutritional Phenotyping of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Through Morphofunctional Assessment: A Bicentric Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT: There is increasing evidence supporting the use of morphofunctional assessment (MFA) as a tool for clinical characterization and decision-making in malnourished patients. MFA enables the diagnosis of malnutrition, sarcopenia, obesity, and cachexia, leading to a novel phenotype-based classification of nutritional disorders. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIVA), nutritional ultrasound^® (NU) and computed tomography (CT) are included, along with functional tests like the Timed Up and Go test (TUG). Myoesteatosis, detectable via CT, can occur independently from nutritional phenotypes and has been identified as a significant mortality predictor in idiophatic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Our aim is to analyze the prevalence and overlap of nutritional phenotypes in IPF and evaluate the

SUBMITTER: Sanmartin-Sanchez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12029122 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature