Serum Albumin Can Identify Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis With a Good Prognosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many prognostic studies in cirrhosis were performed without distinguishing between compensated and decompensated patients and/or have evaluated the prognostic role of variables that are not routinely used. The aim was to evaluate predictors of survival in compensated and decompensated cirrhosis separately but in a concurrent cohort and focused on routine clinical variables.

Methods

Secondary analysis of a prospective cohort with cirrhosis collected in a tertiary center between August 2000 and May 2002 and followed until death or April 2006. Univariate, stratified univariate analysis, and multivariate Cox regression analysis were performed. Receiving operating characteristics curves were used to identify the best cutoff of variables predictive of death.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Ripoll C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4851857 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature