Handgrip Strength and Vitamin D as Predictors of Liver Fibrosis and Malnutrition in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Table 2

Comparison of adiposity, diets, and other laboratory biomarkers in CHC patients based on nutritional assessment scores (SGA scores).

Variables	SGA classes ()			value
	A ()	B ()	C ()
Anthropometry				0.001
BMI
WHtR
Diet measurements				0.001
Diet score
Dietary vitamin D intake (IU/d)
Dietary Ca intake (mg/d)
AST (IU/mL)				0.001
ALT (IU/mL)				0.001
Albumin				0.001
Bilirubin				0.001
TNF-α (pg/mL)				0.001
AFP				0.001
INR				0.001
Platelets (109/L)				0.001

All values were reported as the or median (interquartile range) or percentage. Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA and post hoc (Tukey HSD) test were used to compare the mean values of the studied variables. Variables were considered significantly different at . BMI: body mass index; WHtR: waist to height ratio; SGA: subjective global assessment; AFP: α-Fetoprotein; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-alpha; INR: international normalized ratio of prothrombin.