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Our study aimed to evaluate the ability of the Liver Disease Undernutrition Screening Tool (LDUST) in predicting mortality and decompensation in outpatients with clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH). We hypothesized that LDUST could help identify patients in need of nutritional supplementation and intervention. Methods: A prospective study of 57 CSPH patients (36.8% female, mean age: 63.5 \u00b1 9.9 years) with a median follow-up of 41 months was conducted. Baseline liver function, nutrition, and sarcopenia were assessed, alongside LDUST. During follow-up, the occurrence of liver decompensation, hospital admission, need for emergency care, and mortality were evaluated. Results: A total of 56.1% of patients were Child A, and the most frequent etiology was alcohol (50.9%). Malnutrition risk according to LDUST raised mortality (HR: 25.96 (1.47\u2013456.78)), decompensation (HR 9.78 (2.08\u201345.89)), and admission (HR 4.86 (1.09\u201321.61)) risks in multivariate Cox analysis. Combining LDUST with Child and MELD scores improved their decompensation prediction (0.936 vs. 0.811 and 0.866 vs. 0.700). Conclusions: The LDUST has a solid ability to predict complications in cirrhosis outpatients with CSPH, and its integration with Child and MELD models enhances their predictive power. LDUST implementation could identify individuals necessitating early nutritional support.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu15173780","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,30]],"date-time":"2023-08-30T10:09:49Z","timestamp":1693390189000},"page":"3780","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Liver Disease Undernutrition Screening Tool Questionnaire Predicts Decompensation and Mortality in Cirrhotic Outpatients with Portal Hypertension"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6883-8940","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Diego","family":"Casas-Deza","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Arag\u00f3n (IISA), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4016-2165","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vanesa","family":"Bernal-Monterde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Arag\u00f3n (IISA), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Betor\u00e9-Glaria","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana Bel\u00e9n","family":"Juli\u00e1n-Gomara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Arag\u00f3n (IISA), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carmen","family":"Yag\u00fce-Caballero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Arag\u00f3n (IISA), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7758-3588","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandro","family":"Sanz-Par\u00eds","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Arag\u00f3n (IISA), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eva Mar\u00eda","family":"Fern\u00e1ndez-Bonilla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8637-510X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Javier","family":"Fuentes-Olmo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Arag\u00f3n (IISA), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8982-3737","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jose M.","family":"Arbones-Mainar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Arag\u00f3n (IISA), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto Aragon\u00e9s de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"},{"name":"Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n Biom\u00e9dica en Red Fisiopatolog\u00eda de la Obesidad y Nutrici\u00f3n (CiberOBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1359","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(21)01374-X","article-title":"Liver cirrhosis","volume":"398","author":"Krag","year":"2021","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1660","DOI":"10.1016\/j.transproceed.2010.11.029","article-title":"Comparison of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II Death Risk, Child-Pugh, Charlson, and Model for End-stage Liver Disease Indexes to Predict Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation","volume":"43","author":"Nicolini","year":"2011","journal-title":"Transplant. 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