Objective: To determine the association of adverse outcomes in term of mortality in patients with cirrhosis and red meat consumption.

Study Design: Cross-sectional

Place and Duration: Medicine Department of Liaquat University Medical Hospital Jamshoro and Civil Hospital Khairpur Mir's for six months duration from December 2019 to November 2020.

Methodology: Total 120 patients of both genders with chronic liver disease were enrolled in this study. Patients were categorized in to two groups. Group A (red meat consumption >60 gm/day) and group B (red meat consumption <60gm/day). Outcomes in term of mortality between both groups were examined. All the data was analyzed by SPSS 27.0.

Results: There were 36 (60%) males and 24 (40%) were females with mean age 48.14±7.58 years in group A while in group B 39 (65%) and 21 (35%) patients were males and females with mean age 49.08±8.33 years. Cirrhotic patients with red meat consumption >60 gm/day had high mortality rate as compared to patients with red meat consumption <60 gm/day (10% Vs 3.33%) with p-value 0.0001.

Conclusion: A significant association of adverse outcomes was found in cirrhotic patients and red meat consumption.

Keywords: Chronic Liver Disease, Red Meat Consumption, Mortality