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Prognostic value of changes in lean and fat mass in alcoholics
Authors:Martín-González C  González-Reimers E  Santolaria-Fernández F  Fernández-Rodríguez C  García-Valdecasas-Campelo E  González Díaz A  Alvisa-Negrín J  Martínez Riera A
Institution:Servicios de Medicina Interna and Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de Canarias (HUC), Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 38320, Spain
Abstract:

Background & aims

The prognostic value of nutritional status and/or lean and fat mass assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been widely analyzed, in both alcoholics and non-alcoholics. However, the prognostic value of changes in fat and lean mass over time in alcoholics has scarcely been studied, nor has the effect of alcohol abstinence on these changes.

Methods

From an initial cohort of 113 alcoholic patients, 70 prospectively underwent two DEXA assessments six months apart. One hundred and five patients (including 66 of those who underwent two DEXA assessments) were followed up for 34.9 ± 36.4 months (median = 18 months, interquartile range = 7.25–53.75 months). During this follow-up period, 33 died (including 20 of those who had undergone a second DEXA assessment).

Results

Forty-two of the 70 patients undergoing a second DEXA assessment had abstained from alcohol. Of these, 69.04% (29) gained left arm lean mass, compared with only 35.71% (10 of 28) of those who had continued drinking (χ2 = 7.46; p = 0.006). Similar results were observed regarding right arm lean mass (χ2 = 4.68; p = 0.03) and right leg lean mass (χ2 = 7.88; p = 0.005). However, no associations were found between alcohol abstinence and changes in fat parameters. Analysis by means of Kaplan–Meier curves showed that loss of total lean mass, right leg lean mass, left leg lean mass and total fat mass were all significantly associated with reduced survival. However, within 30 months of the second evaluation, significant associations were observed between changes of all parameters related to lean mass, and mortality, but no association between changes in fat parameters and mortality.

Conclusions

Loss of lean mass over a period of six months after a first assessment is associated with worse prognosis in alcoholics, irrespective of whether they stop drinking during this period or not. Continued drinking is associated with greater loss of lean mass, but not with changes in fat mass.
Keywords:Fat mass  Body composition  Lean mass  Alcoholism  Prognostic value
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