Open AccessConcordance among methods of nutritional assessment in patients included on the waiting list for liver transplantation
Author(s) -
María Teresa García-Rodríguez,
Beatriz LópezCalviño,
María del Carmen Piñón-Villar,
Alejandra Otero-Ferreiro,
Francisco SuárezLópez,
Manuel Gómez-Gutiérrez,
Sonia PértegaDíaz,
Teresa Seoane-Pillado,
Salvador Pita-Fernández
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.679
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1349-9092
pISSN - 0917-5040
DOI - 10.1016/j.je.2016.09.011
Subject(s) - medicine , concordance , malnutrition , liver transplantation , youden's j statistic , receiver operating characteristic , transplantation , body mass index , confidence interval , kappa , pediatrics , gastroenterology , linguistics , philosophy
The aim of the present study was to determine the extent of malnutrition in patients waiting for a liver transplant. The agreement among the methods of nutritional assessment and their diagnostic validity were evaluated.