• Arch Gerontol Geriatr · Jul 2021

    Assessment of the association between dysphagia and sarcopenia among elderly patients with cirrhosis: Usefulness of the finger-ring test.

    • Masafumi Haraguchi, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Yutaka Nakamura, Syouhei Narita, Kousuke Matsumoto, Masanori Fukushima, Ryu Sasaki, Satoshi Miuma, Hideaki Takahata, Naoyuki Yamaguchi, and Kazuhiko Nakao.
    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan. Electronic address: mharaguchi@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.
    • Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2021 Jul 1; 95: 104430.

    AimSarcopenic dysphagia has become an urgent matter of debate in our aging society. However, little is known about the relationship between sarcopenia and dysphagia in patients with liver cirrhosis. Our aim was to assess sarcopenia and dysphagia among elderly patients with cirrhosis using two easy-to-use screening tests, i.e., the eating assessment tool-10 and the finger-ring test.MethodsThe eating assessment tool-10, handgrip strength, skeletal muscle mass index, computed tomography, and the finger-ring test were included in our analysis. One hundred patients with cirrhosis and without a history of aspiration pneumonia were divided into the elderly (≥75 years) and non-elderly (<75 years) groups.ResultsIn the elderly group, sarcopenia was identified in 56.5% of the patients; of these, 30.4% and 13.0% had eating assessment tool-10 scores of ≥2 and ≥3, respectively. Sarcopenia-related factors correlated significantly with the eating assessment tool-10 scores (p<0.01). Multivariate regression analysis revealed that sarcopenia was significantly associated with dysphagia (p=0.028; odds ratio, 7.27). Among the elderly patients, the calf size of the non-dominant lower limb was less than the finger-ring circumference in 37.0% of the patients. This group had a significantly higher proportion of patients with an eating assessment tool-10 score of ≥2 than those with a greater calf than finger-ring circumference (p<0.01).ConclusionsSarcopenia, rather than the hepatic reserve function, is associated with dysphagia among elderly patients with cirrhosis. The finger-ring test might be useful in screening for dysphagia.Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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