Abstract
Weight loss is common in systemic immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis but there are limited data on the impact of nutritional status on outcome. Using the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) score, we prospectively examined nutritional status in 110 consecutive newly-diagnosed, treatment-naïve patients with immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis attending the UK National Amyloidosis Centre. At study entry, 72 of 110 (66%) patients had a PG-SGA score of 4 or over, indicating malnutrition requiring specialist nutritional intervention. Number of amyloidotic organs, elevated alkaline phosphatase, presence of autonomic neuropathy and advanced Mayo disease stage were independently associated with poor nutritional status (P
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Haematologica |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 136-40 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISSN | 0390-6078 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2013 |
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