Nutritional status in non-alcoholic subclinical porto-systemic encephalopathy

Table 5 Nutritional profiles of cirrhotic patients with and without SPSE

	Controls	SPSE
		(-)	(+)
Albumin (m/L)	39 ± 4	31 ± 7a	28 ± 5bc
Prealbumin (mg/L)	313 ± 57	125 ± 58d	106 ± 57d
Transferrin (mg/dL)	215 ± 50	178 ± 58a	164 ± 46d
BMI (kg/m2)	24.2 ± 3.5	25.3 ± 3.6	23.7 ± 2.7
MAMC (cm)	22.1 ± 3.6	22.7 ± 3.5	22.2 ± 2.6
Grip power (kg)	28.8 ± 10.6	26.9 ± 6.8	26.3 ± 6.4

BMI: body mass index, MAMC: mid arm muscle circumference.

^aP < 0.05, compared with control subjects;

^bP < 0.005, compared with control subjects;

^cP < 0.001, compared with cirrhotic patients without SPSE;

^dP < 0.001, compared with control subjects.