Impact of sarcopenia on prognostic value of cirrhosis: going beyond the hepatic venous pressure gradient and MELD score

Background Sarcopenia has been reported as a prognostic factor. We evaluated the impact of sarcopenia to the conventional prognostic factors [Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) score, hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)] in cirrhosis. Methods Overall, 452 p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle sarcopenia and muscle, 2018-10, Vol.9 (5), p.860-870
Hauptverfasser:	Kang, Seong Hee, Jeong, Woo Kyoung, Baik, Soon Koo, Cha, Seung Hwan, Kim, Moon Young
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Alcohol Biomarkers Body mass index Cancer Etiology Female Follow-Up Studies Humans HVPG Hypertension Hypertension, Portal - etiology Hypertension, Portal - physiopathology Kaplan-Meier Estimate Laboratories Liver cirrhosis Liver Cirrhosis - complications Liver Cirrhosis - diagnosis Liver Cirrhosis - mortality Liver Cirrhosis - physiopathology Liver diseases Liver Function Tests Male Medical imaging Medical prognosis MELD Middle Aged Mortality Musculoskeletal system Original Portal hypertension Portal Pressure Prognosis Sarcopenia Sarcopenia - complications Severity of Illness Index Software Survival analysis Transplants & implants
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Zusammenfassung:	Background Sarcopenia has been reported as a prognostic factor. We evaluated the impact of sarcopenia to the conventional prognostic factors [Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) score, hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)] in cirrhosis. Methods Overall, 452 patients with cirrhosis were stratified by MELD score (low
ISSN:	2190-5991 2190-6009
DOI:	10.1002/jcsm.12333