Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2025, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 226-229.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2025.02.017

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Subjective global assessment and global leaders malnutrition initiative standards in the assessment of malnutrition in patients with liver failure

Ban Lingwei, Yang Qinbing, Hua Xin   

  1. Department of Clinical Nutrition,Tsinghua Changgung Hospital,Affiliated to Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218,China
  • Received:2024-05-08 Online:2025-03-10 Published:2025-03-11

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to compare subjective global assessment (SGA) and global leaders malnutrition initiative (GLIM) standards in the assessment of malnutrition in patients with liver failure (LF). Methods A total of 110 patients with LF were encountered in Beijing You'an hospital between 2020 and 2023, including subacute liver failure (SALF) in 26 cases, acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in 43 cases and chronic liver failure (CLF) in 41 cases; Malnutrition was screened by nutritional risk screening 2002 (NRS2002), SGA and GLIM, and the consistency was compared by Kappa test. Results The nutritional risk incidence rate of all patients assessed by NRS2002 was 51.8%, by SGA was 60.9%, which was higher than 50.0% assessed by GLIM (P<0.05); serum prealbumin (PA) level in malnutrition group was significantly lower than in normal nutrition group in patients with SALF (P<0.05); in patients with ACLF, the body mass index (BMI) in malnutrition group was significantly lower than in normal group, while total serum bilirubin (TSB) level was significantly higher than in normal group (P<0.05). serum PA and prothrombin time activity (PTA) in malnutrition group evaluated by SGA were significantly lower than in normal group, and 28 d fatality rate in malnutrition group by GLIM was significantly higher than in normal (P<0.05); in patients with CLF, TSB level in malnutrition group was significantly higher than in normal group, while BMI, PA and PTA in malnutrition group by SGA were significantly lower than in normal group; the BMI, PA and blood hemoglobin (HGB) levels in malnutrition group by GLIM were significantly lower than in normal group (P<0.05); Kappa test showed that SGA and GLIM had a good consistency in the evaluation of malnutrition in patients with LF (Kappa = 0.615,P<0.001). Conclusion The incidence rates of nutritional risk and malnutrition are high in patients with LF, and majority of patients with malnutrition con be identified by SGA than GLIM. The evaluation results in ACLF and CLF are consistent by SGA than GLIM, we recommend NRS2002 for nutritional risk assessment in patients with SALF, and those with malnutrition should be carefully supported.

Key words: Liver failure, Malnutrition, Subjective global assessment, Global leadership initiative on malnutrition, Diagnosis