Concepedia

A model including sarcopenia surpasses the MELD score in predicting waiting list mortality in cirrhotic liver transplant candidates: A competing risk analysis in a national cohort

Jeroen L.A. van Vugt, Louise J. M. Alferink, Stefan Buettner, Marcia P. Gaspersz, Daphne Bot, Sarwa Darwish Murad, Shirin Feshtali, Peter M. A. van Ooijen, Wojciech G. Polak, Robert J. Porte,

Journal of Hepatology · 2017 · 207 citations · 31 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Concepts

References

31

A Proportional Hazards Model for the Subdistribution of a Competing Risk

Jason P. Fine · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1999 · 13.6K citations

, , +15

Liver Transplantation for the Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Carcinomas in Patients with Cirrhosis

Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Enrico Regalia, Roberto Doci et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 7.1K citations

, , +13

Cancer Cachexia in the Age of Obesity: Skeletal Muscle Depletion Is a Powerful Prognostic Factor, Independent of Body Mass Index

Lisa Martin, Laura Birdsell, Neil Macdonald et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2013 · 2.7K citations

, , +17

Total body skeletal muscle and adipose tissue volumes: estimation from a single abdominal cross-sectional image

Wei Shen, Mark Punyanitya, ZiMian Wang et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2004 · 1.7K citations

, , +17

Hyponatremia and Mortality among Patients on the Liver-Transplant Waiting List

W. Ray Kim, Scott W. Biggins, Walter K. Kremers et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2008 · 1.5K citations · Full text

, , +12