A nomogram as an indirect method to identify sarcopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis

Sarcopenia is one of the most common complications of cirrhosis, associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. It is therefore necessary to perform a proper nutritional evaluation in these patients. Although CT scans are the gold standard for diagnosing sarcopenia, they are not widel...

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Published in:Annals of hepatology 2022-09, Vol.27 (5), p.100723-100723, Article 100723
Main Authors: Hernández-Conde, Marta, Llop, Elba, Gómez-Pimpollo, Lucía, Blanco, Santiago, Rodríguez, Luis, Fernández Carrillo, Carlos, Perelló, Christie, López-Gómez, Marta, Martínez-Porras, José Luis, Fernández-Puga, Natalia, Van Den Brule, Enrique, Royuela, Ana, Calleja, José Luis
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Language:English
Subjects:
Bioelectrical impedance
Cirrhosis
Nomogram
Phase angle
Sarcopenia
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Summary:Sarcopenia is one of the most common complications of cirrhosis, associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. It is therefore necessary to perform a proper nutritional evaluation in these patients. Although CT scans are the gold standard for diagnosing sarcopenia, they are not widely used in clinical practice. There is thus a need to find indirect methods for identifying sarcopenia in patients with cirrhosis. This is a cross-sectional study consecutively including all cirrhotic outpatients who underwent CT scans. A total of 174 patients met all the inclusion criteria and none of exclusion criteria. Fifty-five patients (31.6%) showed sarcopenia on CT scans. Multivariate analysis revealed that the factors that were independently associated with the presence of sarcopenia on CT scans were: male sex (OR 11.27, 95% CI 3.53–35.95; p
ISSN:1665-2681
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DOI:10.1016/j.aohep.2022.100723