Nutritional status in relation to lifestyle in patients with compensated viral cirrhosis

Table 3 Anthropometric assessments of all subjects

	Control	Chronic hepatitis	Cirrhosis
Height (cm)1
Male	168.2 ± 6.3	168.0 ± 7.6	165.8 ± 6.0
Female	151.0 ± 3.5	152.8 ± 4.1	151.6 ± 6.5
Weight (kg)1
Male	67.0 ± 8.5	67.5 ± 11.0	64.5 ± 9.0
Female	54.5 ± 6.7	54.6 ± 9.4	50.8 ± 8.8
BMI (kg/m2)1
Male	23.7 ± 3.1	23.9 ± 3.1	23.4 ± 2.6
Female	23.9 ± 2.6	23.4 ± 4.0	22.1 ± 3.5
BMI (underweight/normal/obese)2
Male	1/5/5	1/17/9	0/16/8
Female	1/8/7	2/17/13	6/36/8h
Abdominal circumference (cm)1
Male	86.3 ± 7.8	90.0 ± 8.0	87.7 ± 8.6
Female	84.6 ± 10.0	86.0 ± 9.9	85.1 ± 9.2
%AC1	108.1 ± 8.4	107.4 ± 11.8	103.9 ± 11.5
%TSF1	96.0 ± 37.0a	129.0 ± 50.2	116.5 ± 48.4
%AMC1	111.9 ± 10.5be	104.9 ± 10.7	102.7 ± 10.8
%AMA1	128.2 ± 25.1cf	112.2 ± 22.9	107.5 ± 22.5
Hand grip strength (%)1	92.1 ± 16.2dg	74.4 ± 20.9	66.9 ± 17.6

^aP = 0.013,

^bP = 0.021,

^cP = 0.013,

^dP < 0.001 vs chronic hepatitis;

^eP = 0.001,

^fP = 0.001,

^gP < 0.001 vs liver cirrhosis;

^hP = 0.007. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or as number of patients. ^1,2Statistical differences among the 3 groups were determined by the Kruskal-Wallis and Scheffe's multiple comparison tests¹ or Spearman's rank correlation coefficient². BMI: Body mass index; AC: Arm circumference; TSF: Triceps skin fold thickness; AMC: Arm muscle circumference; AMA: Arm muscle area.