ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026
Visceral to subcutaneous fat area ratio as a novel prognostic biomarker in cirrhosis patients undergoing TIPS: a retrospective study.
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- Artificial Intelligence for Personalized Prediction of Post-TIPS Outcomes: Integrating Clinical, Biochemical, and Radiomics Data-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Navigating TIPS in the era of ageing and metabolic comorbidity: a contemporary narrative review of risk, resilience, and outcomes.Gastroenterology report · 2026Review
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Abstract
Aims: This research aims to explore the predictive value of the visceral-to-subcutaneous fat area ratio (V/S ratio) for post-TIPS overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) and transplant-free survival (TFS). Methods: A total of 239 cirrhosis patients were included. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated to identify cutoff points for both visceral fat area (VFA) and VFA to subcutaneous fat area (SFA) ratio (V/S ratio) as predictors of 1-year OHE and 2-year TFS. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards modeling to determine associations between body composition characteristics and 1-year OHE and 2-year TFS. Results: ROC analysis and AUROC demonstrated that V/S ratio and VFA had significant and satisfactory prediction ability for 1-year OHE at a level of 1.041 (AUROC 0.817, Conclusion: Preoperative assessment of the V/S ratio is beneficial for predicting OHE and TFS after TIPS.
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