Sex is a major effect modifier between body composition and mortality in patients with cirrhosis assessed for liver transplantation.

Amine Benmassaoud Davide RoccarinaFrancesco Marcello AricoCilla MartaRossella DonghiaGioacchino LeandroLaura Iogna PratMohamed ZuhairMatthew NorthOrla KearneyJohn RyanEmmanuel A Tsochatzis

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2022)

This study demonstrates that male patients were susceptible to low muscle mass, whereas female patients were not. Future research in this patient population should minimize sex-related bias and present data for both groups separately.

Keyphrases

body composition
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
machine learning
artificial intelligence
postmenopausal women