Table 2.

Sarcopenia and clinical outcomes.

SARCOPENIA AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES
Author, (Year), Study Type	Outcomes	Patients (n)	Results
Erös et al. (2020), systematic review [147]	Sarcopenia on surgical outcomes	885	Need for surgery (OR: 2.665; 95% CI 1.121–6.336; p = 0.027); postoperative complications OR = 6.097; 95% CI 1.756–21.175; p = 0.004
Liu et al. (2022), prospective cohort study [142]	Sarcopenia on clinical outcomes	110	Rates of surgery (OR = 6.651; 95% CI: 2.333–18.959; p < 0.001); re-hospitalization (OR = 6.344; 95% CI: 2.874–14.003; p < 0.001); death, p = 0.003
Knoedler et al. (2023), systematic review [148]	Sarcopenia on surgical outcomes	97,643	Surgical complications (OR 1.92; 95% CI:1.20–3.07; p = 0.007)
Ge et al. (2021), retrospective cohort study [149]	Sarcopenia on clinical course of ASUC	233	Colectomy (OR = 3.411; 95% CI, 1.147–10.141; p = 0.027); postoperative complications (OR = 4.157; 95% CI: 1.364–12.667; p = 0.012)
Grova et al. (2023), retrospective observational study [154]	Sarcopenia on endoscopic remission	358	Endoscopic remission (OR = 5.2; 95% CI 1.60–16.8; p = 0.006)

ASUC = acute severe ulcerative colitis.