Malnutrition and non-compliance to nutritional recommendations in patients with cirrhosis are associated with a lower survival

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Variablen (%) or mean ± SD	Decompensated, n = 79	Compensated, n = 22	P value
Gender M/F	42 (53.2)/ 37 (46.8)	11 (50)/ 11 (50)	NS
Age	61.3 ± 10	64.5 ± 10.9	NS
Child-Pugh A/B/C	8(10.1%)/32(40.5%)/39(49.4%)	19(86.4%)/3(13.6%)/0(0%)	< 0.001
Aetiology			0.005
Viral	30 (38.0)	16 (72.7)
Alcohol	32 (51.9)	3 (13.6)
Other	5 (10.1)	3 (13.6)
Platelet count (109/L)	122.9 ± 86.9	123.1 ± 60.9	NS
INR	1.82 ± 0.53	1.27 ± 0.25	< 0.001
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	5.4 ± 6.9	1.2 ± 0.7	0.006
Albumin (g/L)	3.1 ± 0.6	3.9 ± 0.7	< 0.001
AST (U/L)	83.3 ± 67.4	56.6 ± 29.5	0.08
ALT (U/L)	42.3 ± 42.7	46.6 ± 31.2	NS
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	10.9 ± 3.9	12.7 ± 2.2	0.05
Na (mEq/L)	134.5 ± 7.0	139.9 ± 3.3	< 0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.19 ± 0.88	0.77 ± 0.19	< 0.001
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	120.5 ± 51.4	154.7 ± 39.1	0.01
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	80.9 ± 42.6	78.1 ± 22.5	NS
Child Pugh score	9.6 ± 2.6	5.8 ± 1.2	< 0.001
MELD score	19.2 ± 7.6	11.2 ± 5.6	< 0.001

AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; INR: International normalized ratio; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; NS: Not significant.