High relative fat-free mass is important for maintaining serum albumin levels in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis

Table 1 Characteristics of the 57 patients at base line (mean±SD).

Variables	Male	Female	All
n	26	31	57
Age (yr)	62.0±11.4	66.0±10.0	64.2±10.8
Etiology (HCV/HBV/Alcohol/PBC)	23/2/1/0	27/2/1/1	50/4/2/1
Child-Pugh (A/B/C)	23/3/0	29/2/0	52/5/0
BMI	23.7±2.2	22.0±2.7	22.8±2.6
Albumin (g/dL)	3.38±0.49	3.57±0.47	3.48±0.48
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.31±0.64	1.09±0.49	1.19±0.57
AST (U/L)	87.2±71.7	76.0±55.1	81.1±62.9
ALT (U/L)	77.7±72.3	64.9±70.1	70.7±70.8
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	155.3±38.2	156.3±27.3	155.9±32.3
ChE (mg/dL)	83.0±32.2	92.0±38.9	88.0±36.0
Platelet (×104/L)	9.1±3.8	10.9±6.5	10.1±5.5

Table 2 Univariate analysis of -albumin and SD-albumin, and multivariate analysis using potential univariate predictors.

	vs -Albumin
	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	R2	F	P	F	P
rFFM	0.094267	5.6202	0.0214	6.0402	0.0173
Albumin	0.016847	0.9254	0.3404	-	-
Bilirubin	0.017005	0.9342	0.3381	-	-
ALT	0.08064	4.7365	0.0339	5.0355	0.029
Cholesterol	0.009282	0.4965	0.4841	-	-
Platelet	0.021799	1.1811	0.2821	-	-

Table 3 Univariate analysis of -albumin and SD-albumin, and multivariate analysis using potential univariate predictors.

	vs SD-Albumin
	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	R2	F	P	F	P
rFFM	0.06456	3.7268	0.0488	3.8602	0.0447
Albumin	0.02243	1.239	0.2706	-	-
Bilirubin	0.003762	0.2039	0.6534	-	-
ALT	0.072818	4.241	0.0443	4.3666	0.0415
Cholesterol	0.005361	0.2857	0.5952	-	-
Platelet	0.02186	1.1845	0.2814	-	-