Effect of Body Mass Index on the Prognosis of Liver Cirrhosis

Effect of Body Mass Index on the Prognosis of Liver Cirrhosis

Objective: At present, the association of body mass index (BMI) with the prognosis of liver cirrhosis is controversial. Our retrospective study aimed to evaluate the impact of BMI on the outcome of liver cirrhosis. Methods: In the first part, long-term death was evaluated in 436 patients with cirrho...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne) 2021-08, Vol.8, p.700132-700132
Hauptverfasser: Yin, Yue, Li, Yiling, Shao, Lichun, Yuan, Shanshan, Liu, Bang, Lin, Su, Yang, Yida, Tang, Shanhong, Meng, Fanping, Wu, Yunhai, Chen, Yu, Li, Bimin, Zhu, Qiang, Qi, Xingshun
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Sprache:eng
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body mass index
liver cirrhosis
Nutrition
obesity
outcome
prognosis
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Zusammenfassung:Objective: At present, the association of body mass index (BMI) with the prognosis of liver cirrhosis is controversial. Our retrospective study aimed to evaluate the impact of BMI on the outcome of liver cirrhosis. Methods: In the first part, long-term death was evaluated in 436 patients with cirrhosis and without malignancy from our prospectively established single-center database. In the second part, in-hospital death was evaluated in 379 patients with cirrhosis and with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (AGIB) from our retrospective multicenter study. BMI was calculated and categorized as underweight (BMI
ISSN:2296-861X
2296-861X
DOI:10.3389/fnut.2021.700132