Table 3 Cox proportional hazard model for length of stay at the intensive care unit.

From: Muscle quality determined by computed tomography predicts short-term and long-term survival after liver transplantation

 

HR of ICU discharge [95% CI]

p value

Model with metric muscle parameters and BMI

 Age

0.970 [0.948–0.992]

0.007

 Male sex

1.029 [0.640–1.654]

0.906

 MELD-score

0.975 [0.953–0.997]

0.028

 90d Clavien-Dindo ≥ IIIb

0.188 [0.114–0.311]

0.000

 CCI

0.948 [0.766–1.174]

0.623

 BMI

1.032 [0.981–1.085]

0.224

 Metric MRA

1.006 [0.974–1.038]

0.730

 Metric SMI

1.001 [0.972–1.032]

0.927

Model with categorial muscle parameters and underweight

 Age

0.978 [0.956–1.000]

0.052

 Male sex

1.134 [0.706–1.821]

0.604

 MELD-score

0.976 [0.955–0.998]

0.034

 90d Clavien-Dindo ≥ IIIb

0.203 [0.123–0.334]

0.000

 CCI

0.978 [0.787–1.216]

0.841

 BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

0.471 [0.142–1.556]

0.217

 MRA below the mean‡

0.712 [0.436–1.162]

0.174

 SMI below the cut-off†

0.935 [0.596–1.468]

0.770

  1. HR hazard ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, MELD model of end-stage liver disease, d days, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, BMI body mass index, MRA muscle radiodensity attenuation, SMI skeletal muscle index.
  2. ‡Mean of the MRA in 129 patients with available pre-LT scans in venous scan phase.
  3. †Sarcopenia cut off values by Carey et al.: SMI women < 39 cm2/m2, SMI men < 50 cm2/m233.
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