Table 4 Cox proportional hazard model to describe the impact of clinical and CT muscle parameters on overall survival after liver transplantation.

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

 

HR [95% CI]

p value

Model with metric muscle parameters and BMI

 Age

1.023 [0.982–1.066]

0.271

 Male sex

0.706 [0.322–1.549]

0.385

 MELD-score

1.026 [0.993–1.061]

0.125

 CCI

1.151 [0.857–1.546]

0.351

 BMI

0.990 [0.918–1.069]

0.806

 Metric muscle density

0.945 [0.903–0.990]

0.016

 Metric SMI

0.997 [0.953–1.043]

0.895

Model with categorial muscle parameters and underweight

 Age

1.021 [0.979–1.064]

0.336

 Male sex

0.609 [0.287–1.292]

0.196

 MELD-score

1.032 [0.998–1.066]

0.064

 CCI

1.058 [0.785–1.425]

0.711

 BMI < 18.5 kg/m2

3.185 [1.023–9.919]

0.046

 Muscle density below the mean

2.985 [1.365–6.528]

0.006

 SMI below cut-off

0.979 [0.481–1.990]

0.953

  1. HR hazard ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, MELD model of end-stage liver disease, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, BMI body mass index, SMI skeletal muscle index.
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