eprintid: 1476377 rev_number: 34 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/63/77 datestamp: 2016-03-11 14:24:45 lastmod: 2021-09-17 22:56:35 status_changed: 2016-03-11 14:24:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Kalafateli, M creators_name: Mantzoukis, K creators_name: Choi Yau, Y creators_name: Mohammad, AO creators_name: Arora, S creators_name: Rodrigues, S creators_name: de Vos, M creators_name: Papadimitriou, K creators_name: Thorburn, D creators_name: O'Beirne, J creators_name: Patch, D creators_name: Pinzani, M creators_name: Morgan, MY creators_name: Agarwal, B creators_name: Yu, D creators_name: Burroughs, AK creators_name: Tsochatzis, EA title: Malnutrition and sarcopenia predict post-liver transplantation outcomes independently of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease score ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D17 divisions: G91 keywords: Cirrhosis; Prognosis; Nutritional assessment; Morbidity; Mortality note: Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the Society of Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. abstract: Background: Although malnutrition and sarcopenia are prevalent in cirrhosis, their impact on outcomes following liver transplantation is not well documented. Methods: The associations of nutritional status and sarcopenia with post-transplant infections, requirement for mechanical ventilation, intensive care (ICU) and hospital stay, and 1year mortality were assessed in 232 consecutive transplant recipients. Nutritional status and sarcopenia were assessed using the Royal Free Hospital-Global Assessment (RFH-GA) tool and the L3-psoas muscle index (L3-PMI) on CT, respectively. Results: A wide range of RFH-SGA and L3-PMI were observed within similar Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) sub-categories. Malnutrition and sarcopenia were independent predictors of all outcomes. Post-transplant infections were associated with MELD (OR=1.055, 95%CI=1.002-1.11) and severe malnutrition (OR=6.55, 95%CI=1.99-21.5); ventilation>24h with MELD (OR=1.1, 95%CI=1.036-1.168), severe malnutrition (OR=8.5, 95%CI=1.48-48.87) and suboptimal donor liver (OR=2.326, 95%CI=1.056-5.12); ICU stay>5days, with age (OR=1.054, 95%CI=1.004-1.106), MELD (OR=1.137, 95%CI=1.057-1.223) and severe malnutrition (OR=7.46, 95%CI=1.57-35.43); hospital stay>20days with male sex (OR=2.107, 95%CI=1.004-4.419) and L3-PMI (OR=0.996, 95%CI=0.994-0.999); 1year mortality with L3-PMI (OR=0.996, 95%CI=0.992-0.999). Patients at the lowest L3-PMI receiving suboptimal grafts had longer ICU/hospital stay and higher incidence of infections. Conclusions: Malnutrition and sarcopenia are associated with early post-liver transplant morbidity/mortality. Allocation indices do not include nutritional status and may jeopardize outcomes in nutritionally compromised individuals. date: 2017-02 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12095 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1117445 doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12095 lyricists_name: Agarwal, Banwari lyricists_name: Morgan, Marsha lyricists_name: O'Beirne, James lyricists_name: Pinzani, Massimo lyricists_name: Thorburn, Douglas lyricists_name: Tsochatzis, Emmanouil lyricists_id: BAGAR28 lyricists_id: MYMOR45 lyricists_id: JOBEI65 lyricists_id: MPINZ74 lyricists_id: DTHOR21 lyricists_id: ETSOC40 actors_name: Tsochatzis, Emmanouil actors_id: ETSOC40 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle volume: 8 number: 1 pagerange: 113-121 issn: 2190-6009 citation: Kalafateli, M; Mantzoukis, K; Choi Yau, Y; Mohammad, AO; Arora, S; Rodrigues, S; de Vos, M; ... Tsochatzis, EA; + view all <#> Kalafateli, M; Mantzoukis, K; Choi Yau, Y; Mohammad, AO; Arora, S; Rodrigues, S; de Vos, M; Papadimitriou, K; Thorburn, D; O'Beirne, J; Patch, D; Pinzani, M; Morgan, MY; Agarwal, B; Yu, D; Burroughs, AK; Tsochatzis, EA; - view fewer <#> (2017) Malnutrition and sarcopenia predict post-liver transplantation outcomes independently of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease score. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle , 8 (1) pp. 113-121. 10.1002/jcsm.12095 <https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12095>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476377/1/Kalafateli_et_al-2016-Journal_of_Cachexia%2C_Sarcopenia_and_Muscle%20epub.pdf