Table 2:
Knowledge gaps and research priorities for the study of sarcopenia in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
| Knowledge Gap | Research Priorities |
|---|---|
| Lack of standardized and tailored measures of sarcopenia in patients with IBD | Determine the cross-sectional imaging assessment of muscle quantity, as well as IBD-specific cutoff values |
| Include prospective measures of muscle strength as part of operational definition of sarcopenia | |
| Describing trajectories of sarcopenia in patients with IBD | Characterize how modifiable risk factors for sarcopenia in patients with IBD |
| Determine time course of reversibility of sarcopenia in patients with IBD | |
| Determining associations with sarcopenia in patients with IBD | Characterize how sarcopenia is an independent predictor of:
|