The value of grip test, lysophosphatidlycholines, glycerophosphocholine, ornithine, glucuronic acid decrement in assessment of nutritional and metabolic characteristics in hepatitis B cirrhosis

Qing Ye, Weili Yin, Lei Zhang, Huijuan Xiao, Yumei Qi, Shuye Liu, Baoxin Qian, Fengmei Wang and Tao Han

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: The liver is essential for the regulation of energy, protein and amino acids, as well as in other aspects of metabolism. To identify efficient indexes for evaluation of nutritional status and metabolic characteristics during different Child-Pugh stages of hepatitis B cirrhosis, 83 patients and 35 healthy individuals were enrolled in our study. We found that grip strength, triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), body fat and skeletal muscle of the patients were reduced compared to the control group (P

Date: 2017
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