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1948-5182 (online) |
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Retrospective Cohort Study |
| Article Title |
Development of risky varices in alcoholic cirrhosis with a well-maintained nutritional status
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Invited Manuscript |
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Hirayuki Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Yoshinori Iwata, Ryo Takata, Nobuhiro Aizawa, Naoto Ikeda, Kunihiro Hasegawa, Chikage Nakano, Takashi Nishimura, Kazunori Yoh, Akio Ishii, Tomoyuki Takashima, Hiroki Nishikawa, Hiroko Iijima and Shuhei Nishiguchi |
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| Corresponding Author |
Hirayuki Enomoto, MD, PhD, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. enomoto@hyo-med.ac.jp
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| Key Words |
Alcoholic liver cirrhosis; Hepatitis C virus; Rapid-turnover proteins; Albumin; Nutritional status; Esophageal varices; Portal hypertension; Non-protein respiratory quotient |
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We compared the nutritional status between alcoholic compensated cirrhotic patients and hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhotic compensated patients. The levels of rapid-turnover proteins in alcoholic compensated cirrhotic patients were significantly higher than those in HCV-related compensated cirrhotic patients. When the nutritional status was determined using the albumin level and non-protein respiratory quotient, the frequency of having a normal nutritional status in alcoholic com-pensated cirrhotic patients was significantly higher than that in HCV-related compensated cirrhotic patients. These findings suggest that alcoholic compensated cirrhotic patients can develop severe portal hypertension even with a relatively well-maintained liver function and nutritional status.
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| Publish Date |
2015-09-23 12:28 |
| Citation |
Enomoto H, Sakai Y, Iwata Y, Takata R, Aizawa N, Ikeda N, Hasegawa K, Nakano C, Nishimura T, Yoh K, Ishii A, Takashima T, Nishikawa H, Iijima H, Nishiguchi S. Development of risky varices in alcoholic cirrhosis with a well-maintained nutritional status. World J Hepatol 2015; 7(21): 2358-2362 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v7/i21/2358.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v7.i21.2358 |
