The relationship between frailty and cirrhosis etiology: From the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.
Chelsea Q XuYara MohamadMatthew Robert KappusBrian BoyarskyDaniel R GangerMichael L VolkRobert S RahimiAndres Duarte-RojoMara Ann McAdams-DeMarcoDorry L SegevDaniela P LadnerElizabeth C VernaJoshua GrabMonica A TincopaMichael A DunnJennifer C LaiPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
Frailty is more common in patients with ALD, NAFLD and 'other' aetiologies. However, frailty was associated with waitlist mortality independent of cirrhosis aetiology, supporting the applicability of frailty across all cirrhosis aetiologies.