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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2015; 21(45): 12835-12842
Published online Dec 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i45.12835
Published online Dec 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i45.12835
Variable | n = 231 |
Gender | 167 M; 64 F |
Age (yr) | 56.3 ± 0.9 |
Aetiology | |
Alcohol | 130 (56) |
Alcohol and HCV | 28 (12) |
HCV | 23 (10) |
NAFLD | 19 (8) |
Others | 31 (14) |
Child-Pugh classification | |
Childs A | 21 (9) |
Childs B | 96 (42) |
Childs C | 114 (49) |
MELD Score | 17.0 ± 0.5 |
Ascites | 135 (71) |
Hepatic encephalopathy | 88 (38) |
Albumin | 24.9 ± 0.3 |
Bilirubin | 80.3 ± 7.1 |
INR | 1.6 ± 0.04 |
Median LOS (d) | 7 (1-116) |
Admission with variceal bleeding | 30 (13) |
28-d mortality | 31 (13) |
In-hospital mortality | 33 (14) |
Variable | No nutritional assessment(n = 100) | Nutritional assessment(n = 131) | P value |
Gender | 75M; 25F | 92M; 39F | 0.46 |
Age | 57.6 ± 1.3 | 55.3 ± 1.2 | 0.23 |
Aetiology-alcohol | 66 (66) | 99 (76) | 0.14 |
Child-Pugh score | 9.1 ± 0.9 | 9.9 ± 0.2 | 0.01 |
MELD score | 16.6 ± 0.8 | 17.4 ± 0.6 | 0.20 |
Ascites | 63 (63) | 102 (78) | 0.02 |
Hepatic encephalopathy | 35 (35) | 53 (40) | 0.40 |
Albumin | 26.3 ± 0.7 | 23.1 ± 0.4 | 0.004 |
Bilirubin | 71.4 ± 10.6 | 87.1 ± 9.6 | 0.15 |
INR | 1.6 ± 0.05 | 1.7 ± 0.05 | 0.43 |
Median LOS | 5 (1-116) | 9 (1-100) | 0.09 |
Admission with variceal bleeding | 15 (15) | 15 (11) | 0.44 |
28-d mortality | 12 (12) | 19 (15) | 0.55 |
In-hospital mortality | 12 (12) | 21 (16) | 0.45 |
Normal nutritional status(n = 57) | Malnutrition(n = 74) | P value | |
Gender | 39M:18F | 53M:21F | 0.89 |
Age | 54.9 ± 1.9 | 55.6 ± 1.6 | 0.89 |
Aetiology-alcohol | 41 | 58 | 0.41 |
Child-Pugh Classification | |||
Childs A | 3 | 4 | 1.00 |
Childs B | 23 | 28 | 0.86 |
Childs C | 31 | 42 | 0.70 |
Child Pugh score | 9.72 ± 0.3 | 9.99 ± 0.3 | 0.48 |
MELD score | 16.9 ± 0.8 | 17.8 ± 0.9 | 0.87 |
Ascites | 44 | 58 | 1.00 |
Hepatic encephalopathy | 23 | 30 | 1.00 |
Albumin | 24.5 ± 0.8 | 23.3 ± 0.6 | 0.25 |
Bilirubin | 85.3 ± 12.9 | 88.5 ± 13.9 | 0.90 |
INR | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 0.38 |
Creatinine | 84.9 ± 8.6 | 91.6 ± 8.6 | 0.70 |
BMI | 26.3 ± 0.7 | 23.2 ± 0.8 | 0.005 |
28-d mortality | 3 | 16 | 0.011 |
In-hospital mortality | 3 | 18 | 0.0035 |
- Citation: Huynh DK, Selvanderan SP, Harley HA, Holloway RH, Nguyen NQ. Nutritional care in hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(45): 12835-12842
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i45/12835.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i45.12835