Post‐COVID‐19 Changes in Body Composition and Adiposity in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease: A Longitudinal Study From Japan

As lifestyles normalized after the pandemic, patients with CLD showed improvements in obesity and hepatic steatosis. Women demonstrated recovery of lower-limb muscle mass, suggesting greater susceptibility to pandemic-related lifestyle changes. Although muscle mass changes were not independently associated with liver stiffness in multivariate analyses, these findings should be interpreted cautiously; nonetheless, they suggest that sex-specific factors may warrant consideration when supporting comprehensive health management in patients with CLD.