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. 2020 Jan 9;12(1):186. doi: 10.3390/nu12010186
CLD Chronic Liver Diseases
GLIM Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition
ESPEN European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
BMI Body Mass Index
LT Liver Transplantation
EWGSOP European working group on sarcopenia in older people
MELD Model for End-stage Liver Disease
RFHNPT Royal Free Hospital Nutrition Prioritizing Tool
RFHGA Royal Free Hospital Global Assessment
LDUST Liver Disease Undernutrition Screening Test
ASPEN American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
MUST Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool
MAMC Mid-arm muscular circumference
TSF Triceps skinfold thickness
BIA Bioelectrical Impedance Analyses
BCM Body Cell Mass
CT Computed Tomography
DEXA Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
HGS Hand Grip Strength
CST Chair Stand Test
EASL European Association for the Study of Liver
AWGS Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia
SMA Skeletal Muscle Area
SMI Skeletal Muscle Index
L3 third lumbar vertebra
HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma
PMI Psoas Muscle Index
MRA Muscle Radiation Attenuation
HU Hounsfield Units
IMAC Intra Muscular Adipose Content
SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery
TUG timed-up-and-go test
HF Heart Failure
TIPS Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
SAT Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue
VAT Visceral Adipose Tissue
NASH Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
HOMA-IR Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance
FFI Fried Frailty Index
CFS Clinical Frailty Scale
MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment
LFI Liver Frailty Index
ADL Activities of Daily Living
REE Resting Energy Expenditure
BCAA Branched Chain Amino Acids
AAA Aromatic Amino Acids
BTR BCAA to Tyrosine Ratio
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
ADC Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
FFMA Fat Free Muscle Area