Nutritional care in hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease

Table 3 Characteristics of malnourished vs well-nourished cirrhotic patients

	Normal nutritional status(n = 57)	Malnutrition(n = 74)	P value
Gender	39M:18F	53M:21F	0.89
Age	54.9 ± 1.9	55.6 ± 1.6	0.89
Aetiology-alcohol	41	58	0.41
Child-Pugh Classification
Childs A	3	4	1.00
Childs B	23	28	0.86
Childs C	31	42	0.70
Child Pugh score	9.72 ± 0.3	9.99 ± 0.3	0.48
MELD score	16.9 ± 0.8	17.8 ± 0.9	0.87
Ascites	44	58	1.00
Hepatic encephalopathy	23	30	1.00
Albumin	24.5 ± 0.8	23.3 ± 0.6	0.25
Bilirubin	85.3 ± 12.9	88.5 ± 13.9	0.90
INR	1.6 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1	0.38
Creatinine	84.9 ± 8.6	91.6 ± 8.6	0.70
BMI	26.3 ± 0.7	23.2 ± 0.8	0.005
28-d mortality	3	16	0.011
In-hospital mortality	3	18	0.0035

MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; INR: International normalised ratio; LOS: Length of stay; BMI: Body mass index.