title: Nutritional status of Korean male patients with alcoholic and viral liver cirrhosis.
abstract: This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to investigate whether malnutrition occurs in outpatients with liver cirrhosis, and to compare the nutritional status of patients with alcoholic and viral liver cirrhosis using a variety of objective measures. This study also aimed to provide useful information about nutritional education and nutritional therapies for medical teams and patients with liver cirrhosis. Sixty-six Korean men between the ages of 30 and 69 with liver cirrhosis (24 alcohol-related and 42 virus-related) were recruited from the Internal Medicine Centres, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. The results showed that patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) were significantly lower in socio-economic status than patients with viral liver cirrhosis (VLC) (P<0.05). The energy intakes (excluding alcohol-derived energy) were 1448kcal and 1769kcal in the ALC and the VLC groups, respectively (P<0.05). As well, vitamin C intake was found to be higher in the VLC group than the ALC group, yet still more than 125% of the RDA for both groups (P<0.05). Among nutritional indices, only the TSF thickness showed interaction with the aetiology and the severity of the cirrhosis (P<0.05). Thus, these findings indicate that outpatients with liver cirrhosis in this study, particularly those with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, consumed a lower energy intake than suggested, but may not have been in a status of malnutrition. Body fat is more affected than other nutritional parameters in patients with liver cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yukyung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Seokhwa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Minho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ohyoung
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001823:Body Composition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D001205:Ascorbic Acid