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Aim
The present cross‐sectional study was carried out among community‐dwelling Koreans to determine the validity of various muscle mass indices and to propose more clinically relevant diagnostic criteria.
Methods
This study measured the anthropometrics, body composition and physical capability of 415 older Koreans. Skeletal muscle indices were calculated by dividing appendicular lean mass by height...
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a systemic inflammatory disease, and cytokines are suggested to be related to the course of AP. Obesity and central fat distribution are considered to have been associated with severe AP. This study investigated the profile of inflammatory cytokines in AP to determine how they are related to obesity, central fat distribution, and AP severity.Fifty-nine patients with AP were...
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