Impact of sarcopenia on tumor response and survival outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated by trans-arterial (chemo)-embolization

Figure 2 Correlation of biological and clinical features with sarcopenia. A: Association of clinical, biological, and radiological features with skeletal muscle index expressed as a continuous variable; B: Association of clinical, biological, and radiological features with the presence or not of sarcopenia. Comparison of a continuous variable in two or more than two groups was performed using Wilcoxon signed-rank test or Kruskal-Wallis test, respectively. Qualitative data were compared using the Fisher’s exact test. Correlation analysis between continuous variables was performed using Spearman's rank-order correlation. All tests were two-tailed and a P-value < 0.05 was considered significant. BMI: Body mass index; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; NASH: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; SMI: Skeletal muscle index.