Open AccessDevelopment and Evaluation of Nutrition Screening Tool in Patients with Hepatitis B-Related Cirrhosis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Suzhen Chen,
Hong Li,
Xiangjie Lin,
Shiping Hu,
Zhixin Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s299428
Subject(s) - medicine , nomogram , cirrhosis , receiver operating characteristic , malnutrition , body mass index , gold standard (test) , creatinine , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , population , cross sectional study , logistic regression , gastroenterology , immunology , environmental health , pathology , virus
Malnutrition is common in cirrhotic patients; however, there is no gold standard for nutritional assessment for this population. The aim of this study was to develop a novel nutritional screening tool based on objective indicators for cirrhotic patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV).