Figure 1: Malnutrition is predictive of survival in patients with liver cirrhosis. Survival rates in patients with midarm muscle circumferences below the 5th (group 1), 10th (group 2), and 75th (group 3) percentiles and above the 75th percentile (group 4). P _ .001 at 6, 12, and 24 months between patients with severe and moderate malnutrition groups 1 and 2, respectively) and those with normal and over nourished nutrition (groups 3 and 4, respectively). Alberino etal. [1].