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We assessed the nutritional status of these patients according to: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA); Royal Free Hospital-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool (RFH-NPT), skinfold thickness (TSF), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), mid-upper arm muscle circumference (MUMC), handgrip strength (HGS), body mass index (BMI), and skeletal muscle index (SMI) evaluated by Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (CT). According to EWGSOP2 criteria, combining low HGS with low SMI, the prevalence of malnutrition\/sarcopenia was 60.2%. RFH-NPT, MUAC, MAMC, and HGS were excellent tests for detecting malnourished patients. Combining RFH-NPT with MUAC or MUMC increased diagnosis accuracy, AUC = 0.89, p &lt; 0.0001. Age, Child-Pugh class C, albumin level, vitamin D deficiency, male gender, and alcoholic etiology were significantly associated with malnutrition. In conclusion, the prevalence of malnutrition among patients with cirrhosis was relatively high. Our study highlights the potential use of a simpler and inexpensive alternative that can be used as a valuable tool in daily practice, the combination between RFH-NPT and MUAC.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics12040893","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,3]],"date-time":"2022-04-03T06:04:01Z","timestamp":1648965841000},"page":"893","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Comparison of Different Nutritional Assessment Tools in Detecting Malnutrition and Sarcopenia among Cirrhotic Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4262-655X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mirabela-Madalina","family":"Topan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ioan","family":"Sporea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"},{"name":"Advanced Regional Research Center in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mirela","family":"D\u0103nil\u0103","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"},{"name":"Advanced Regional Research Center in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alina","family":"Popescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"},{"name":"Advanced Regional Research Center in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana-Maria","family":"Ghiuchici","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"},{"name":"Advanced Regional Research Center in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7405-4779","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raluca","family":"Lupu\u0219oru","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"},{"name":"Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, Department of Functional Science, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0179-1014","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roxana","family":"\u0218irli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"},{"name":"Advanced Regional Research Center in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, \u201cVictor Babe\u0219\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1507","DOI":"10.1111\/jgh.12999","article-title":"Malnutrition in cirrhosis increases morbidity and mortality","volume":"30","author":"Mahaeshi","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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