Table 2.
Anthropometric data, sleep quality, and psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score of cirrhotic patients with and without Sarcopenia
| Total (n = 210) |
Sarcopenia (n = 54) |
No sarcopenia (n = 156) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropometric data | ||||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.1 ± 5.0 | 22.4 ± 3.6 | 27.4 ± 4.7 | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 91.4 ± 12.9 | 82.9 ± 9.3 | 94.3 ± 12.7 | < 0.001 |
| Hip circumference, cm | 98.6 ± 10.4 | 91.6 ± 8.7 | 101.1 ± 9.9 | < 0.001 |
| Body fat, kg | 24.7 ± 9.9 | 19.7 ± 7.6 | 26.5 ± 10.1 | < 0.001 |
| Visceral fat level | 11.7 ± 4.9 | 10.2 ± 4.8 | 12.3 ± 4.8 | 0.005 |
| Muscle mass, kg | 23.3 ± 5.4 | 18.8 ± 3.6 | 24.9 ± 5.1 | < 0.001 |
| Appendicular skeletal muscle, kg | 18.3 ± 4.7 | 14.3 ± 3.2 | 19.7 ± 4.4 | < 0.001 |
| Skeletal muscle index, kg/m2 | 6.9 ± 1.2 | 5.7 ± 0.8 | 7.3 ± 1.1 | < 0.001 |
| Sleep quality | ||||
| PSQI score | 8.20 ± 3.74 | 8.11 ± 3.92 | 8.23 ± 3.69 | 0.840 |
| Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score | ||||
| Total score | -2.17 ± 2.45 | -3.20 ± 2.65 | -1.81 ± 2.28 | < 0.001 |
| DST score | -0.34 ± 0.58 | -0.43 ± 0.57 | -0.31 ± 0.59 | 0.199 |
| NCT A score | -0.52 ± 0.82 | -0.80 ± 0.94 | -0.43 ± 0.75 | 0.011 |
| NCT B score | -1.11 ± 1.08 | -1.48 ± 1.06 | -0.99 ± 1.07 | 0.004 |
| SDT score | -0.10 ± 0.42 | -0.28 ± 0.45 | -0.03 ± 0.38 | < 0.001 |
| LTT score | -0.10 ± 0.49 | -0.22 ± 0.57 | -0.05 ± 0.45 | 0.049 |
Abbreviations: DST, digit symbol test; LTT, the line tracing test; NCT A, number connection tests A; NCT B, number connection tests B; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; SDT, serial dotting test