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Abstract
Background
While low muscle mass is considered a risk factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), whether the relationship is independent of fat mass remains unclear.
Objectives
This study aims to clarify the association between the sex-specific height-adjusted low skeletal muscle mass index (LSMI) and MASLD.
Methods
Data from the 2008–2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. LSMI was defined using the 2019 Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia. The non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-liver fat score was used to assess MASLD. Gender-specific 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to mitigate the confounding effects of anthropometric variables and lifestyles. Conditional logistic analysis was used on the dataset after PSM to estimate the odds ratio (OR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI).
Results
After PSM, the prevalence of MASLD was significantly higher in men with LSMI than in those without LSMI (37.4% vs. 29.6%). No significant difference was observed in the prevalence of MASLD between groups after PSM in women (20.4% vs. 20.3%). Conditional logistic analysis revealed that the odds of having MASLD were significantly higher in men with LSMI compared to those without LSMI (OR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.09–1.75), while no significant association was found in women with LSMI (OR = 1.10, 95% CI: 0.87–1.40).
Conclusion
Height-adjusted LSMI is an independent factor associated with MASLD in the condition of the same level of fat mass in men. Further prospective studies in diverse populations are needed to confirm our findings.
期刊介绍:
There is increasing scientific and clinical interest in the interactions of nutrition and health as part of the aging process. This interest is due to the important role that nutrition plays throughout the life span. This role affects the growth and development of the body during childhood, affects the risk of acute and chronic diseases, the maintenance of physiological processes and the biological process of aging. A major aim of "The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging" is to contribute to the improvement of knowledge regarding the relationships between nutrition and the aging process from birth to old age.