Anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessment of malnutrition in Malaysian patients with advanced cirrhosis

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Nutritional parameters in patients with cirrhosis according to gender and Subjective Global Assessment grades

	**SGA B	**SGA C	p value #	Normal values
	Male patients with cirrhosis (n = 23)
BMI (kg/m2)	26.3 ± 3.5	18.1 ± 1.6	<0.0001	23.8
*MAMC (cm) (% < 5^th percentile)	24.5 ± 3.6 (21.7)	19.4 ± 1.5 (39.1)	0.002	23.6
*TST (mm) (% < 5^th percentile)	10.1 ± 3.1 0	5.9 ± 1.4 (4.3)	0.003	5
Handgrip strength (kgF)	20.8 ± 7.9	16.1 ± 6.2	0.18	34.1
Albumin (g/l)	20.9 ± 7.4	23.0 ± 5.0	0.51	35-50
Transferin (g/l)	1.7 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 0.8	0.68	1.8-2.7
	Female patients with cirrhosis (n = 13.)
BMI (kg/m2)	28.9 ± 4.3	19.4 ± 2.7	0.001	24.6
MAMC (cm) (% < 5^th percentile)	28.1 ± 3.6 (0)	18.0 ± 0.9 (30.8)	<0.0001	18.5
TST (mm) (% < 5^th percentile)	10.9 ± 4.2 (33.3)	8.6 ± 1.1 (33.3)	0.24	12
Handgrip strength (kgF)	13.4 ± 5.2	9.1 ± 2.2	0.06	34.1
Albumin (g/l)	20.1 ± 4.4	17.2 ± 2.9	0.22	35-50
Transferin (g/l)	1.9 ± 0.5	1.2 ± 0.4	0.03	1.8-2.7

*BMI = body mass index; TST = triceps skinfold thickness; MAMC = mid-arm muscle circumference
** Subjective Global Assessment
# Student's T-test

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