Subjective Global Assessment and Handgrip Strength as Predictive Factors in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 1

Demographic, severity, and survival data of included patients.

	Patients
Number	100
Sex ratio
Males/females	72/28
Age, mean ± SD, years	59.2 ± 10.8
Cirrhosis etiology
Alcoholic/viral/mixed/others	51/37/10/2
Ascites
Absent/mild/moderate/severe	25/16/32/27
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, cases	9
Hepatorenal syndrome, cases	6
Hemorrhage, cases	12
Encephalopathy grade
0/1/2/3/4	59/40/1/0/0
Child-Pugh score
A/B/C	23/46/31
MELD score, mean ± SD	13.7 ± 6
MELD-Na score, mean ± SD	15.4 ± 6.5
Survival at 6 months, patients (%)	78 of 97 followed up (80.4%)

1 patient with hemochromatosis and 1 patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome. Ascites from SGA points (0—absent, 1—mild, 2—moderate, 3—severe). 3 patients were lost to follow-up.