Table 5.
BCA imaging markers and ratios regarding the primary outcome 1 year after TIPS implantation
| BCA and ratios | Alive n = 28 |
Death n = 13 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCA-derived sarcopenia markera | 1.60 (0.34) | 1.83 (0.31) | 0.046 |
| Muscle volume/skeletal volumea | 2.43 (0.41) | 2.53 (0.33) | 0.454 |
| Subcutaneous fat/skeletal volumea | 3.36 (1.75) | 2.85 (2.10) | 0.416 |
| Visceral fat/skeletal volumeb | 1.29 (5.41) | 1.03 (1.70) | 0.311 |
| Intra- and intermuscular fat/skeletal volumeb | 0.53 (1.28) | 0.31 (0.66) | 0.015 |
| Total body fat/skeletal volumea | 5.59 (2.77) | 4.44 (2.62) | 0.220 |
| Intra- and intermuscular fat/muscle volumeb | 0.21 (0.53) | 0.14 (0.29) | 0.031 |
BCA = body composition analysis;TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
a
Values represent mean (standard deviation).
b
Values represent median (range).