Malnutrition assessed through phase angle and its relation to prognosis in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis: A prospective cohort study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 309-314

  Ruiz Margáin, Astrid ^a   Macías Rodríguez, Ricardo U ^a   Duarte Rojo, Andrés ^b   Ríos Torres, Silvia L ^a   Espinosa Cuevas, Ángeles ^a   Torre, Aldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Liver disease; Mortality; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; LIVER; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925305991     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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