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Development and multi-cohort validation of a sarcopenia-inflammation index for predicting all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Key takeaways

Researchers built a single score that combines muscle loss with long-running body inflammation, two problems that often travel together in kidney disease. They tested it first in 539 people followed over time, then checked it in other groups. A higher score went with a higher chance of dying from any cause. This is observational, so the score flags people at higher risk; it does not prove that the muscle loss and inflammation are what cause the deaths.

Who did this work

Wang X · Yang J · Liang Y · Dong Z · Liang S

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD severity and reversal · 2026 Aug 24
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42707336/