Prevalence and clinical impact of sarcopenia in liver transplant recipients: A meta-analysis

Table 3 Pooled 90 d and 1, 3, and 5-year cumulative survival probabilities in patients with and without sarcopenia

Survival [% (95%CI)]	With sarcopenia	Without sarcopenia	P value
90-day	92.9 (88.9-96.9), 5 studies 422 patients	96.5 (94.7-98.3), 5 studies 891 patients	0.289
1-year	79.8 (72.8-86.8), 10 studies 894 patients	92.7 (90.2-95.2), 10 studies 3475 patients	0.015a
3-year	74.3 (68.0-80.5) 4 studies 185 patients	93.4 (90.6-96.2) 4 studies 291 patients	0.003a
5-year	63.6 (56.5-70.6) 8 studies 730 patients	79.5 (73.2-85.8) 8 studies 1316 patients	0.006a

^aP value < 0.05.

The P value was produced using the random-effects meta-regression method.