Engelmann, C;
Aehling, NF;
Schob, S;
Nonnenmacher, I;
Handmann, L;
Macnaughtan, J;
Herber, A;
... Berg, T; + view all
(2022)
Body fat composition determines outcomes before and after liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis.
Hepatology Communications
10.1002/hep4.1946.
(In press).
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Abstract
Cachexia occurs in late stages of liver cirrhosis, and a low-fat mass is potentially associated with poor outcome. This study compared different computed tomography (CT)–derived fat parameters with respect to its prognostic impact on the development of complications and death before and after liver transplantation. Between 2001 and 2014, 612 patients with liver cirrhosis without hepatocellular carcinoma listed for liver transplantation met the inclusion criteria, including abdominal CT scan (±200 days to listing). A total of 109 patients without cirrhosis served as controls. The subcutaneous fat index (SCFI), the paraspinal muscle fat index, and the visceral fat index were assessed at L3/L4 level and normalized to the height (cm2/m2). Data were collected and analyzed retrospectively. Low SCFI was associated with a higher rate of ascites and increased C-reactive protein levels (p < 0.001). In addition, multivariate Cox regression analysis adjusting for sex, age, body mass index (BMI), and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease showed that decreasing SCFI was also associated with an increased risk of cirrhosis-related complications (p = 0.003) and death on the transplant wait list (p = 0.013). Increased paraspinal and visceral fat were not only positively correlated with creatinine levels (p < 0.001), BMI, and metabolic comorbidities (all p < 0.001) before transplantation, but also predictive for 1-year mortality after transplantation. Conclusion: The distribution of body fat is a major determinant for complications and outcome in cirrhosis before and after liver transplantation.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Body fat composition determines outcomes before and after liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hep4.1946 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1946 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Hepatology Communications published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, 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. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inst for Liver and Digestive Hlth UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147588 |
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