Predicting disease progression in cirrhotic patients after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt implantation: A sex-stratified analysis

Figure 3 Relationship between changes in skeletal muscle index levels and Child-Turcotte-Pugh scores in cirrhotic patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt implantation. A: Correlation between Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) scores and skeletal muscle index (SMI) in male patients with cirrhosis who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt implantation. Spearman’s correlation coefficients (r) are indicated; B: Comparisons of SMI levels among patients with different CTP grades. CTP: Child-Turcotte-Pugh; SMI: Skeletal muscle index; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. ^aP < 0.05; ^bP < 0.01.