Nutritional status in non-alcoholic subclinical porto-systemic encephalopathy

Table 6 Nutritional profiles of cirrhotic patients in Child-Pugh classes A, B and C

	Child-Pugh
	A	B	C
Albumin (m/L)	34 ± 5	26 ± 3a	24 ± 2a
Prealbumin (mg/L)	152 ± 52	93 ± 31a	60 ± 19ab
Transferrin (mg/dL)	1.96 ± 35	1.54 ± 39c	1.35 ± 38c
BMI (kg/m 2)	24.3 ± 2.6	24.9 ± 2.5	22.9 ± 2.1
MAMC (cm)	22.3 ± 2.7	22.2 ± 2.4	22.9 ± 2.1
Grip power (kg)	30.0 ± 8.5	27.9 ± 6.8	22.5 ± 6.4

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

^aP < 0.001, compared with Child-Pugh class A;

^bP < 0.001, compared with Child Pugh class B;

^cP < 0.005, compared with Child-Pugh class A.