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Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Malnutrition assessed through phase angle and its relation to prognosis in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis: A prospective cohort study

World Congress on Public Health and Nutrition

Astrid Ruiz-Marg�?¡in Ricardo U. Mac�?­as-Rodr�?­guez, Andr�?©s Duarte-Rojo, Silvia L. R�?­os-Torres, �?ngeles Espinosa-Cuevas and Aldo Torre

Insituto Nacional de Ciencias M�?©dicas y Nutrici�?³n Salvador Zubir�?¡n, Mexico

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Community Med Health Educ

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.C1.019

Abstract
Background: Malnutrition is a frequent complication of cirrhosis and it has been associated to more severe disease and development of complications. Phase angle is a bedside reliable tool for nutritional assessment based on conductivity properties of body tissues. �?´ Aim: To evaluate the association between malnutrition assessed through phase angle and mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study in a tertiary care centre; 249 patients were enrolled with 48 months of follow-up. Clinical, nutritional (malnutrition = phase angle â�?¤ 4.9â�?¦) and biochemical evaluations were performed. Studentâ�?�?s t-test and 2 method were used as appropriate. Kaplanâ�?�?Meier curves and multivariate Cox regression were used to evaluate mortality. Results: Mean follow-up was 33.5 months. Survival analysis showed higher mortality in the malnourished group compared to the well-nourished group (p = 0.076), Kaplanâ�?�?Meier curves were further stratified according to compensated and decompensated status showing higher mortality in compensated patients according to Childâ�?�?Pugh (p = 0.002) and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score (p = 0.008) when malnutrition was present. Multivariate analysis showed that malnutrition was independently associated with mortality (HR = 2.15, 1.18â�?�?3.92). Conclusions: In our cohort, malnutrition was independently associated with mortality. This is the first study showing higher mortality in malnourished compensated cirrhotic patients.
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