Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease is associated with low muscle mass and strength in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Figure 1 Mean percentage of patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus. A: With low appendicular lean mass adjusted for body mass index (BMI); B: Low handgrip strength adjusted by BMI according to age range (Student's t-test, P ≤ 0.05).

Figure 2 Correlation between Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-derived fat mass percentage and muscle abnormalities. A: Correlations between fat mass percentage and appendicular lean mass adjusted for body mass index; B: Correlations between fat mass percentage and handgrip strength in patients chronically infected with hepatitis B.

Figure 3 Factors associated with low appendicular lean mass adjusted for body mass index. A: Correlation between hepatic steatosis index and appendicular lean mass adjusted by body mass index in patients chronically infected with hepatitis B; B: Box plots representing the hepatic steatosis index. The upper and lower limits of the boxes represent the 75^th and 25^th percentiles, respectively; the horizontal bar across the box indicates the median, and the ends of the vertical lines indicate the minimum and maximum data values (P = 0.003).