Different degrees of malnutrition and immunological alterations according to the aetiology of cirrhosis: a prospective and sequential study

Table 3 Results of anthropometric parameters of the nutritional evaluation in the four groups by univariate analysis.

PARAMETERS	ALCOHOL			ALCOHOL+HCV			HCV			CONTROL			P
	N	M	DP	N	M	DP	N	M	DP	N	M	DP
% IBM	33	112.19	19.78	20	107.08	18.00	24	118.45	14.92	32	107.08	19.93	0.103
BMI (Kg/m²)	33	25.75	4.30	20	24.70	3.98	24	26.49	3.28	32	24.00	4.33	0.112
TSF	33	9.36	5.42	20	9.25	3.27	24	11.79	3.12	32	12.88	5.92	0.004
% TSF deplet.	33	71.15	39.46	20	71.67	24.87	24	76.13	18.78	32	83.35	32.75	0.406
AMC	33	26.36	2.76	20	26.22	2.64	24	26.07	3.17	32	24.93	2.93	0.195
% AMC deplet.	33	-4.44	12.51	20	-3.28	12.91	24	-10.19	14.20	32	-4.33	10.79	0.217
AMA (mm²)	33	6.458.89	3.105.85	20	6.235.15	2.933.54	24	7.254.22	3.372.00	32	5.794.70	2.536.05	0.343
AFA (mm²)	33	-869.33	2.013.75	20	-712.69	1.857.64	24	-1.768.83	2.155.96	32	-784.14	1.442.71	0.170
CHI	31	61.59	21.00	20	55.50	25.57	23	80.44	45.90	29	103.27	44.97	0.001

Where: % IBW = percentage of ideal body weight; BMI = body mass index; AMC = arm muscle circunference; % AMC deplet. = percentage of AMC depletion; TSF = triceps skinfold; % TSF deplet. = percentage of TSF depletion; AMA = arm muscle area; AFA = arm fat area; CHI = creatinine height index. Note: The ALC+HCV group presented the lowest TSF mean values, while the HCV group showed the highest values for CHI. In the multivariate analysis, only HCV group was nutritionally distinct from other cirrhotic group.

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