Limited performance of subjective global assessment compared to computed tomography-determined sarcopenia in predicting adverse clinical outcomes in patients with cirrhosis.

Moctezuma-Velazquez, Carlos; Ebadi, Maryam; Bhanji, Rahima A; Stirnimann, Guido; Tandon, Puneeta; Montano-Loza, Aldo J (2019). Limited performance of subjective global assessment compared to computed tomography-determined sarcopenia in predicting adverse clinical outcomes in patients with cirrhosis. Clinical nutrition, 38(6), pp. 2696-2703. Elsevier 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.11.024

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BACKGROUND & AIMS

The subjective global assessment (SGA) is commonly used to assess nutritional status in patients with cirrhosis. Sarcopenia, a major component of malnutrition, is associated with survival in cirrhosis, and can be objectively diagnosed by computing the skeletal muscle index (SMI) using cross-sectional imaging. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia between SGA categories in patients with cirrhosis, and to determine their association with decompensation/mortality.

METHODS

We included 315 patients (66% males) who were assessed for liver transplantation. All patients had SGA and SMI, and were evaluated for the presence of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and ascites.

RESULTS

Mean age was 54 ± 8 years. SGA categories were 126 SGA A (40%), 155 SGA B (49%), 34 SGA C (11%). Sarcopenia was present in 121 (38%) patients; of these, 82% were SGA A/B. Of SGA A patients, 25 (20%) had sarcopenia. There was a significant but only weak concordance between sarcopenia and SGA B/C (κ = 0.28, p < 0.001), and SGA C (κ = 0.13, p < 0.001). The latter was lost in overweight/obese patients. SGA B/C was associated with HE (OR 2.8, p = 0.01) and ascites (OR 2.3, p = 0.002). Median survival was shorter in patients with sarcopenia (20 [IQR 15.9-24.5] vs. 42 [IQR: 25.8-58.9] months, p < 0.001) and in SGA C patients (9.4 [IQR: 0-26.2] vs. 33 [IQR 20.2-45.7] months, p = 0.01). In univariate analysis both sarcopenia and SGA C were associated with mortality, but sarcopenia was the only factor that remained significant on multivariate analysis.

CONCLUSIONS

There was only a weak concordance between SGA and sarcopenia. This concordance was non-significant in patients who were overweight/obese. Sarcopenia was associated with mortality, whereas SGA was not. Sarcopenia by the SMI is a more efficient method to predict adverse outcomes in a timely fashion and has prognostic implications.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Hepatology

UniBE Contributor:

Stirnimann, Guido

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0261-5614

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Thi Thao Anh Pham

Date Deposited:

17 Jan 2020 14:43

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.clnu.2018.11.024

PubMed ID:

30545661

Uncontrolled Keywords:

End stage liver disease Hepatic encephalopathy Liver transplantation Muscular atrophy Nutritional status

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.137303

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/137303

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