Ability of the Short Physical Performance Battery Frailty Index to Predict Mortality and Hospital Readmission in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 2

Correlation between Frailty score and other parameters.

Variable	Frailty score
	R-value	p-value
Age	-0.428	0.001
BMI	0.134	0.315
Hemoglobin (Hb%)	0.065	0.630
Albumin	0.333	0.011
ALT^†	0.058	0.664
AST^‡	0.088	0.512
CrP^§	-0.182	0.173
Hand grip	0.568	0.001
CTP score	-0.509	0.001
MELD^# score	-0.262	0.047

BMI: body mass index; ^†ALT: alanine transaminase; ^‡AST: aspartate transaminase; ^§CrP: C reactive protein; CPT: Child-Turcotte-Pugh; ^#MELD: model for end stage liver disease.