Manguso 2005.

Methods	Randomised controlled cross‐over trial. Total duration of trial 6 months, only results from the first 3 months will be considered.
Participants	Adults (n = 90, mean age 60 years (IQR 9), 52 males, 38 females) admitted to a specialist unit for the management of liver cirrhosis. Nutritional status not categorised. 3 withdrawals, but number of deaths not reported.
Interventions	Controlled diet consisting of specific prescription for macronutrients and calcium (n = 45) versus spontaneous diet (n = 45).
Outcomes	weight*, MAMC*, TSF*, energy intake*, Childs Score, biochemistry profile
Notes	Weight may be inappropriate in analysis due to possible presence of ascites.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Computer‐generated sequence.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	Sequentially numbered opaque sealed envelopes.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Clinical outcomes	Unclear risk	Not stated.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Functional outcomes	High risk	None measured.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Nutritional outcomes	Low risk	Information from author, the assessor was blinded to intervention group.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Information from author: no deaths occurred in the study. 1 patient withdrew from the dietary advice group and 2 from the no intervention group.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	Results on all specified outcome measures reported but as mean (SD) at baseline and end of intervention. Mean change (SD) for weight, energy intake, TSF and MAMC and additional information obtained from authors.
Other bias	Low risk	Baseline characteristics comparable between groups.