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. 2022 Mar 23;16(5):1127–1136. doi: 10.1007/s12072-022-10314-x

Table 4.

Quality of life, nutritional parameters, and liver stiffness in the study population

Outcome Group A p value within the group Group B p value within the group p value between the groups at 12 months
Baseline (n = 33) 12 months (n = 29) Baseline (n = 33) 12 months (n = 22)
Physical component summary of QOL score 42.78 (27.84–59.49) 47.50 (25.71–59.84) 0.11 43.75 (35.19–57.53) 46.22 (31.79–55.48) 0.69 0.49
Mental component summary of QOL score 41.89 (19.71–59.52) 52.17 (17.85–63.87) 0.23 42.06 (29.55–62.34) 41.17 (25.76–57.25) 0.63 0.15
Body mass index (kg/m2) 24.79 (20.57–34.97) 24.21 (21.48–37.00) 0.92 24.07 (18.75–32.44) 24.95 (19.50–33.58) 0.24 0.64
Skeletal muscle index (cm2/m2) 40.2 (29.5–55.6) 40.5 (27–53.5) 0.08 39.2 (29.2–45.2) 38.1 (27.2–56.6) 0.72 0.52
Hand-grip strength (Kg) 32 (24.5–42.6) 34 (24–42) 0.92 30 (25.4–38) 32 (25–40) 0.19 0.71
LSM (kPa) 56 (15–75) 60 (17–75) 0.65 60 (22–75) 55 (22–75) 0.96 0.74

QOL, quality of life (as assessed by SF36v2); LSM, Liver Stiffness Measurement