Serum and plasma protein biomarkers associated with frailty in patients with cirrhosis.
Nghiem B HaSrilakshmi SeetharamanDorothea S KentFrederick YaoAmy M ShuiChiung-Yu HuangJeremy D WalstonJennifer C LaiPublished in: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society (2023)
These biomarkers represent inflammatory, musculoskeletal, and endocrine/metabolic systems, reflecting the multiple physiologic derangements observed in frailty. These data lay the foundation for confirmatory work and development of a laboratory frailty index for patients with cirrhosis to improve diagnosis and prognostication.