Low Skeletal Muscle Index Adjusted for Body Mass Index Is an Independent Risk Factor for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgical Complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to evaluate sarcopenia defined by skeletal muscle index (SMI) with cutoffs adjusted for sex and body mass index as a predictive marker for postoperative outcomes among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease.

Methods

The SMI was measured using the cross-sectional computed tomography images at the lumbar spine. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify independent risk factors of postoperative complications.

Results

Ninety-one patients were included in the study. In multivariate analysis, sarcopenia (odds ratio = 5.37; confidence interval: 1.04-27.6) was predictive of infectious postoperative complications.

Conclusions

Sarcopenia as defined by the SMI is a predictor for 30-day postoperative infection complications

SUBMITTER: Berger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9802466 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature