Frailty is independently associated with increased hospitalisation days in patients on the liver transplant waitlist

Table 4 Predictors of infection on bivariable analysis (accounting for observation time)

Characteristic	OR (95%CI)	P value
Albumin (g/dL)	0.40 (0.27-0.60)	< 0.001
MELD score	1.07 (1.02-1.11)	0.005
HCC (yes vs no)	0.60 (0.36-0.99)	0.046
Chair stands (completion of 5 chair stands within 10 s)	0.32 (0.11-0.98)	0.046
Age (yr)	0.98 (0.96-1.0)	0.05
Frail (SPPB score ≤ 9)	1.54 (0.94-2.50)	0.08
Frail (Fried frailty Index ≥ 3)	1.49 (0.94-2.36)	0.09
Sodium	0.96 (0.90-1.01)	0.10
Hepatic encephalopathy (numbers connection > 45 s)	0.72 (0.46-1.14)	0.16

MELD: Model for end stage liver disease; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; SPPB: Short physical performance battery.