Objective: To see the change of these nutritional status parameters in cirrhotic patients after one month supplementation of late evening snack (LES). Methods: This is a cohort study. The

made the measurements of MUAC, MAMC, TSF, IMT, MLT, serum prealbumin and albumin levels in CP A and B cirrhosis patients that are malnourished or suffering unintentional weight loss. After supplementation of 200 kcal LES for a month, we repeated the same nutritional status parameters measurement, to see the changes that occurred after supplementation, and to see the correlation between each change in nutritional status parameters. Results: The study included 35 subjects. At the beginning of the study only body mass index and serum prealbumin levels showed no significant Selleck PLX4032 correlation (p = 0.56), whereas the other parameters of nutritional status showed correlation with each other despite the strength of correlation varies. After one month supplementation EPZ-6438 cell line of LES there was increasing in

the nutritional status when measured from the MUAC, TSF, MAMC, and BMI, whereas MLT, prealbumin and serum albumin showed no significant changes. Strong correlation only obtained between changes in MUAC with MAMC. There is a weak correlation between MUAC with IMT. There is a negative correlation between changes in MAMC and TSF with serum albumin. While changes in the nutritional status of the other parameters showed no significant correlation. Conclusion: Each parameter of nutritional status did not show the same changes to the LES supplementation. Anthropometric examination such as MUAC, MAMC, TSF, and IMT seems to be able to see the changes in nutritional status in cirrhotic patients is better, compared to other parameters such as MLT, serum 上海皓元医药股份有限公司 albumin and prealbumin levels. Key Word(s): 1.

cirrhosis; 2. late night snack; 3. coconut milk; 4. carbohydrates; 5. Child Pugh score; 6. triceps skinfold thickness; 7. mid-arm muscle circumference; 8. body mass index; 9. body fat mass; 10. serum prealbumin levels; 11. serum albumin levels Presenting Author: JAE DONG LEE Additional Authors: JEONG ROK LEE, BONG AHN PARK, SUN JIN HUR Corresponding Author: JEONG ROK LEE Affiliations: Konkuk University School of Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chung-Ang University Objective: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves complicated etiology and presents variable symptoms including intestinal inflammation, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Prunus mume (PM) was used to treat gastrointestinal symptoms in traditional Korean medicine. In this study, we investgated the effect of Prunus mume by the biopolymer (BP) for the treatment and prevention of inflammatory bowel disease in mice. Methods: For the recovery and prevention of inflammatory bowel disease mice induced by 3% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) for 7 days, mice were fed with PM and PM + BP during 7 days before and after DSS-induced colitis.