ArticleScientific reports2021
Phase angle by electrical bioimpedance is a predictive factor of hospitalisation, falls and mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
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- Home exercise, branched-chain amino acids, and probiotics improve frailty in cirrhosis: A randomized clinical trial.Hepatology communications · 2024Trial
- Bioimpedance Analysis to Predict Clinical Outcomes of Liver Cirrhosis in a Prospective Cohort Study.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Article
- Association of phase angle with malnutrition and sarcopenia in interstitial lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis of body composition and functional decline.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Observational
- Phase angle as an early-warning indicator of glycaemic control in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Bioelectrical impedance-derived phase angle as a contextual indicator for steatotic liver disease and hepatic fat estimation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis-derived phase angle predicts osteosarcopenia and mortality in patients with chronic liver disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Importance of comprehensive nutritional assessment in predicting survival in cirrhosis.World journal of hepatology · 2025Article
- Phase angle variability on bleeding risks in hemodialysis patients.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2025Article
- Phase Angle of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis as an Indicator for Diabetic Polyneuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Observational
- Quantitative Assessment of Body Composition in Cirrhosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Prediction of Walking Independence in Older Women with Vertebral Compression Fracture Using Phase Angle: A Preliminary Study Using Propensity Score.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Role of the phase angle in the prognosis of the cirrhotic patient: 15 years of follow-up.World journal of methodology · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the nutritional status of patients with liver cirrhosis.World journal of hepatology · 2023Article
- Role of phase angle in older adults with focus on the geriatric syndromes sarcopenia and frailty.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023Review
- The use of phase angle in patients with digestive and liver diseases.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023Review
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Abstract
The phase angle is a versatile measurement to assess body composition, frailty and prognosis in patients with chronic diseases. In cirrhosis, patients often present alterations in body composition that are related to adverse outcomes. The phase angle could be useful to evaluate prognosis in these patients, but data are scarce. The aim was to analyse the prognostic value of the phase angle to predict clinically relevant events such as hospitalisation, falls, and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Outpatients with cirrhosis were consecutively included and the phase angle was determined by electrical bioimpedance. Patients were prospectively followed to determine the incidence of hospitalisations, falls, and mortality. One hundred patients were included. Patients with phase angle ≤ 4.6° (n = 31) showed a higher probability of hospitalisation (35% vs 11%, p = 0.003), falls (41% vs 11%, p = 0.001) and mortality (26% vs 3%, p = 0.001) at 2-year follow-up than patients with PA > 4.6° (n = 69). In the multivariable analysis, the phase angle and MELD-Na were independent predictive factors of hospitalisation and mortality. Phase angle was the only predictive factor for falls. In conclusion, the phase angle showed to be a predictive marker for hospitalisation, falls, and mortality in outpatients with cirrhosis.
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