Frailty in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Cirrhosis: A Comparison with Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Risk Patterns, and Impact on Prognosis

Table 4

Predictive factors of the liver frailty index in a linear model.

Comparison of NAFLD cirrhosis and alcoholic cirrhosis
	Estimate	Std. error	t value	value
Nonalcoholic fatty liver cirrhosis
Intercept	5.12	0.656	7.801	<0.001
Age	0.019	0.006	3.134	0.002
Sex, male	−0.27	0.130	−2.08	0.04
Serum albumin, g/l	−0.041	0.011	−3.664	<0.001
C-reactive protein, mg/l	0.006	0.001	6.609	<0.001
Body mass index	0.024	0.011	2.238	0.028
Mid-arm circumference, cm	−0.046	0.017	−2.694	0.008
Multiple R-squared: 0.5034	Adjusted R-squared: 0.4494
F-statistic: 9.326 on 10 and 92 DF, p value: 1.671e-10
Alcoholic cirrhosis
Intercept	3.433	0.445	7.707	<0.001
Age	0.026	0.004	5.948	<0.001
Sex, male	−0.326	0.101	−3.206	0.01
Serum albumin, g/l	−0.025	0.008	−3.068	0.002
C-reactive protein, mg/l	0.004	0.001	3.096	0.002
MELD score	0.027	0.007	3.580	<0.001
Multiple R-squared: 0.2756,	Adjusted R-squared: 0.2476
F-statistic: 9.818 on 10 and 258 DF, p value: 6.7e-14

Variables in the model: albumin, BMI, tricipital skinfold, serum creatinine. mid-arm circumference, male sex, refractory ascites, age, MELD, and CRP.