Prediction of Patient Survival with Psoas Muscle Density Following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts: A Retrospective Cohort Study

15 January 2022: Database Analysis

Biyu Zhang ^ABCDEF , Weimin Cai ^ABCDEF , Feng Gao ^BE , Xinran Lin ^BC , Ting Qian ^F , Kaier Gu ^B , Bingxin Song ^B , Tanzhou Chen ^A*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934057

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934057

Table 2 The results of univariate and multivariate Cox analysis of the association between clinical parameters and 1-year mortality rate.a

Variables	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variables	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P value	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P value
Age	1.03	1.00–1.07	0.160
Sex: male	0.76	0.32–1.80	0.973
Albumin	0.94	0.88–1.00	0.049
Total bilirubin	1.01	1.01–1.03	0.001	1.02	1.00–1.04
PMD	0.90	0.87–0.94		0.90	0.86–0.94
TIPS targeted puncture
Left	Reference	Reference	Reference
Right	0.218	0.082–0.583	0.002
Others	0.210	0.064–0.688	0.010
CI – confidence interval; PMD – psoas muscle density; TIPS – transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. ^a Hazard ratios and values were estimated using the Cox proportional hazard model.