Poor performance of strength, assistance with walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs and falls for sarcopenia screening in cirrhosis: A pilot study

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World J Hepatol. Apr 27, 2026; 18(4): 113458
Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i4.113458

Table 2 Cross tables comparing strength, assistance with walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs and falls with other tools for screening sarcopenia in cirrhotic patients, n (%)

Crossing SARC-F and HGS		Screening HGS¹
Crossing SARC-F and HGS		Negative	Positive
Screening SARC-F¹	Negative	22 (48.5)	15 (33.3)
Screening SARC-F¹	Positive	8 (17.2)	0 (-)
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Sensibility (%)		73.3
Specificity (%)		0
PPV (%)		59.5
NPV (%)		0

¹The screening is referred to patients with suspected sarcopenia, it means, those below the cutoff points for the indicators, according to European working group on sarcopenia in older people 2.

SARC-F: Strength, assistance with walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs and falls; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value; HGS: Handgrip strength.

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Citation: Lacerda BG, Ferreira LF, Pinheiro LKT, Marroni CA, Fernandes SA. Poor performance of strength, assistance with walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs and falls for sarcopenia screening in cirrhosis: A pilot study. World J Hepatol 2026; 18(4): 113458
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v18.i4.113458

Lacerda BG, Ferreira LF, Pinheiro LKT, Marroni CA, Fernandes SA. Poor performance of strength, assistance with walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs and falls for sarcopenia screening in cirrhosis: A pilot study. World J Hepatol 2026; 18(4): 113458 [DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v18.i4.113458]

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