Value of the controlling nutritional status score and psoas muscle thickness per height in predicting prognosis in liver transplantation

Table 4 Relationship between psoas muscle thickness/height and general patient clinical data

Group	Low PMTH	High PMTH	P value
Cases	81	173
Age (yr)	50.6 ± 9.8	50.7 ± 8.8	0.765
Sex (M:F)	63:18	127:46	0.455
BMI (kg/m2)	23.0 (20.9-26.0)	24.1 (21.8-26.4)	0.069
MELD score	16 (11-21.5)	14 (10-20)	0.237
Etiology			0.712
HBV (n)	41	99
HCV (n)	2	3
Alcohol (n)	11	14
NASH (n)	5	10
Autoimmune disease (n)	10	18
Cryptogenic (n)	0	3
Other (n)	12	26

BMI: Body mass index; F: Female; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; M: Male; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; NASH: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. PMTH: Psoas muscle thickness per height.