Association between Body Composition and the Risk of Portopulmonary Hypertension Assessed by Computed Tomography in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of body composition on the risk of portopulmonary hypertension using computed tomography (CT) in patients with liver cirrhosis. We retrospectively included 148 patients with cirrhosis treated at our hospital between March 2012 and December 2020. POPH high-risk was defined as main pulmonary artery diameter (mPA-D) ≥ 29 mm or mPA-D to ascending aorta diameter ratio ≥ 1.0, based on chest CT. Body composition was assessed using CT images of the third lumbar vertebra. The factors associated with POPH high-risk were evaluated using logistic regression and decision tree analyses, respectively. Among the 148 patients, 50% were females, and 31% were found to be high-risk cases on evaluation of chest CT images. Patients with a body mass index (BMI)

SUBMITTER: Miwa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10219301 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature