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Associations of creatinine muscle index with muscle strength and mass in patients with chronic kidney disease initiating dapagliflozin

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

A study in patients starting dapagliflozin found links between muscle mass and kidney function. This link may be due to-muscle wasting in kidney disease.

Who did this work

Ai Kurisawa · Takahiro Yajima

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-17
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05292-3