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Does creatinine fall simply because muscle mass fell?

Asked 13 Mar 2026Modified 5 months agoViewed 1.7k times
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I have the full paper rather than the abstract, and the supplementary appendix.

I can predict the outcome but I cannot explain it, which means I will get the next case wrong.

I would like to know how confident the field actually is about this.

What is actually going on here, physically?

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askedines_delacruz16k1613 Mar 2026
5Voting to keep this open — it is more specific than it first looks. – tare_weight 6 months ago
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