Evaluation of the nutritional status of patients with liver cirrhosis

Figure 1 Arithmetic mean of the measurement of hand grip strength expressed in kilograms, considering the Child-Pugh classification, age, and sex of the patients. Honestly Significant Difference Tukey’s Test of differences (n = 118). A: Arithmetic mean of the measurement of hand grip strength; B: Tukey’s Test of differences. HSD: Honestly Significant Difference.

Figure 2 Percentage of patients classified as malnourished in Child-Pugh groups, based on body mass index, fat free mass index, muscle mass index, fat mass index, extracellular water, albumin concentration, and subjective global assessment score. BMI: Body mass index; FFMI: Fat free mass index; MMI: Muscle mass index; FMI: Fat mass index; ECW: Extracellular water; PA: Phase angle; SGA: Subjective global assessment.

Figure 3 Correlations between the analyzed indicators of nutritional status. No correlation coefficient means no significant relationship between the tested parameters (P < 0.05). SGA: Subjective global assessment; FFMI: Fat free mass index; MMI: Muscle mass index; FMI: Fat mass index; ECW: Extracellular water; PA: Phase angle; BMI: Body mass index.