Guidance for assessment of the muscle mass phenotypic criterion for the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) diagnosis of malnutrition. Issue 6 (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barazzoni, Rocco; Jensen, Gordon L.; Correia, Maria Isabel T.D.; Gonzalez, Maria Cristina; Higashiguchi, Takashi; Shi, Han Ping; Bischoff, Stephan C.; Boirie, Yves; Carrasco, Fernando; Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso; Fuchs-Tarlovsky, Vanessa; Fukushima, Ryoji; Heymsfield, Steve; Mourtzakis, Marina; Muscaritoli, Maurizio; Norman, Kristina; Nyulasi, Ibolya; Pisprasert, Veeradej; Prado, Carla; de van der Schuren, Marian; Yoshida, Sadao; Yu, Yanchun; Cederholm, Tommy; Compher, Charlene
• Is Part Of: Clinical nutrition. Volume 41:Issue 6(2022)
• Page Start: 1425
• Page End: 1433
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: Adult life cycle -- Nutrition assessment nutrition -- Weight loss; Critically ill -- Nutrition -- Periodicals; Diet therapy -- Periodicals; Parenteral feeding -- Periodicals; Enteral feeding -- Periodicals; Enteral Nutrition -- Periodicals; Parenteral Nutrition -- Periodicals; Metabolism -- Periodicals; Diétothérapie -- Périodiques; Alimentation parentérale -- Périodiques; Alimentation entérale -- Périodiques; Nutrition -- Périodiques; Diet therapy; Enteral feeding; Nutrition; Parenteral feeding; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 615.854
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.02.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0261-5614

Abstract

Summary: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) provides consensus criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition that can be widely applied. The GLIM approach is based on the assessment of three phenotypic (weight loss, low body mass index, and low skeletal muscle mass) and two etiologic (low food intake and presence of disease with systemic inflammation) criteria, with diagnosis confirmed by any combination of one phenotypic and one etiologic criterion fulfilled. Assessment of muscle mass is less commonly performed than other phenotypic malnutrition criteria, and its interpretation may be less straightforward, particularly in settings that lack access to skilled clinical nutrition practitioners and/or to body composition methodologies. In order to promote the widespread assessment of skeletal muscle mass as an integral part of the GLIM diagnosis of malnutrition, the GLIM consortium appointed a working group to provide consensus-based guidance on assessment of skeletal muscle mass. When such methods and skills are available, quantitative assessment of muscle mass should be measured or estimated using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, computerized tomography, or bioelectrical impedance analysis. For settings where these resources are not available, then the use of anthropometric measures and physical examination are also endorsed. Validated ethnic- and sex-specific cutoff values for each measurement and tool are recommended when available. Measurement of skeletal muscle function is not advised as surrogate measurement of muscle mass. However, once malnutrition is diagnosed, skeletal muscle function should be investigated as a relevant component of sarcopenia and for complete nutrition assessment of persons with malnutrition.