Abstract

ROMERO SANQUIZ, Gisela; ANDERSON VASQUEZ, Hazel E  and  LIZARZABAL DE BELLOSO, Maribel. Evaluación antropométrica: Un instrumento útil en pacientes con enfermedad hepática crónica. Gen [online]. 2009, vol.63, n.3, pp.163-166. ISSN 0016-3503.

The objective of this research was to determine the diagnostic utility of anthropometric assessment. This prospective, cross 30 patients divided into 3 groups of 10 patients. Group A (GA) = with alcoholic cirrhosis, Group B (GB) with non-alcoholic cirrhosis, and group C (GC) (control) = healthy. The anthropometric assessment included weight, height, arm circumference, skinfold, body mass index, fat area and lean area. Statistical analysis (SPSS program version 10), using t-student (p <0.05). In Anthropometric assessment was 30% in GA malnourished, 30% overweight and obese 30%, 20% in the UK were malnourished and 40% overweight. 30% of GA reservations very low protein and 20% low. The GB 10% had low muscle reserves and 10% low. It is concluded that anthropometry revealed that malnutrition is a problem for patients with liver cirrhosis of alcoholic origin and is a useful tool for early diagnosis of nutritional risk in chronic liver disease.

Keywords : cirrhosis; Child A; malnutrition; nutritional status; hepatic illness of alcoholic cause; nutritional risk.