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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with definitive sarcopenia

From: Prognostic and diagnostic anthropometric biomarkers of sarcopenia in a cohort of Egyptian patients with hepatitis C-induced liver cirrhosis

 

No. (%)

CTP

 CTP A

9 (14.8%)

 CTP B

24 (39.3%)

 CTP C

28 (45.9%)

Age

 < 50

10 (16.4%)

 ≥ 50

51 (83.6%)

 Mean ± SD

56.2 ± 12.5

Gender

 Male

37 (60.7%)

 Female

24 (39.3%)

BMI (kg/m2)

 < 25

3 (4.9%)

 25–30

26 (42.6%)

 > 30

32 (52.5%)

 Mean ± SD

29.7 ± 3.5

HE

 Absent (history or absent)

35 (57.4%)

 Present (grade 1 and 2)

26 (42.6%)

Serum albumin mean ± SD

2.6 ± 0.6

PA Mean ± SD

67.1 ± 15.6

WBCs Mean ± SD

7 ± 4.9

sCr Mean ± SD

1.2 ± 0.8

  1. CTP Child–Pugh, WBCs white blood cells, BMI body mass index, sCr serum creatinine, HE hepatic encephalopathy, SD standard deviation