Study of thickness of tongue in patients with end stage liver disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients with cirrhosis of liver
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/10/010103
- Lead Sponsor
- Manish Tandon
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with cirrhosis of liver visiting hospital for treatment and Healthy Individuals visiting hospital for unrelated reasons
Exclusion Criteria
Individuals refusing participation and those with glossitis of tongue
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in Muscle mass as measured using measure of tongue between healthy and diseased individuals as a marker of sarcopenia.Timepoint: Difference in Muscle mass as measured using measure of tongue between healthy and diseased individuals as a marker of sarcopenia. Study of prevelance of sarcopenia in diffrent severity of liver diasease and correlation with outcome of disease over 6 months follow up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Study of prevalence of sarcopenia in different severity of liver disease and correlation with outcome of disease over 6 months follow upTimepoint: First contact upon enrollment into the study and subsequent folow up of patients only and not the healthy individuals over next 6 months