Nutritional issues in patients with obesity and cirrhosis

Table 1 Impact of obesity on liver pathophysiology

Pathologies	Obesity
Hepatic steatosis[9]	Increased1
Cirrhosis[11]	Increased1
Hepatoxicity[9]	Increased1
Liver primary tumors (as hepatocarcinoma)[2-4]	Increased2
Chronic hepatitis C progression[12]	Increased
Decompensation of cirrhotic patients[13,14]	Increased
Portal hypertension[13,14]	Increased
3Risk of post-operative complications after LT[15-17]	Increased

¹Mostly if associated to alcohol ingestion;

²Mostly if associated to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD);

³Thromboembolism, infectious and biliary complications. LT: Liver transplantation.