One study of 89 children showed a tendency for lower 1-year survival in sarcopenic children with biliary atresia post-LT, but this did not quite reach statistical significance ( 10 ).
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Sarcopenia and Fat Mass in Children With Chronic Liver Disease and Its Impact on Liver Transplantation.
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There was an increase in total FMI SDS over the time period, especially if they had high FMI at baseline, but it did not reach statistical significance.
There was a similar correlation with trunk FMI SDS and a positive one with height SDS but did not quite reach significance.