Table 3.
BCA imaging markers and ratios regarding the presence of HE after TIPS placement
| BCA and ratios | HE after TIPS n = 20 |
No HE after TIPS n = 36 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCA-derived sarcopenia markera | 1.70 (0.32) | 1.65 (0.35) | 0.602 |
| Muscle volume/skeletal volumea | 2.48 (0.32) | 2.43 (0.47) | 0.696 |
| Subcutaneous fat/skeletal volumea | 3.53 (2.09) | 2.73 (1.91) | 0.150 |
| Visceral fat/skeletal volumeb | 1.16 (3.57) | 1.17 (5.41) | 0.851 |
| Intra- and intermuscular fat/skeletal volumeb | 0.40 (0.83) | 0.49 (1.28) | 0.837 |
| Total body fat/skeletal volumea | 5.46 (2.89) | 4.67 (2.90) | 0.335 |
| Intra- and intermuscular fat/muscle volumeb | 0.16 (0.29) | 0.19 (0.52) | 0.798 |
BCA = body composition analysis, HE = hepatic encephalopathy, TIPS = transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
a
Values represent mean (standard deviation).
b
Values represent median (range).