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Table 1 Comparison of the baseline data of patient with and without MHE

From: Prediction of minimal encephalopathy in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis using albumin-bilirubin, platelets-albumin-bilirubin score, albumin-bilirubin-platelets grade and ammonia level

 

None

MHE

p

N = 91 (35.4%)

N = 166 (64.6%)

Age (years)

50.42 ± 7.92

54.61 ± 8.30

0.001

Sex

Female

46 (50.5%)

90 (54.2%)

0.603

Male

45 (49.5%)

76 (45.8%)

Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.88 ± 0.25

1.14 ± 0.73

0.017#

Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.35 ± 0.14

0.53 ± 0.48

0.002#

Albumin (g/dL)

3.83 ± 0.42

3.46 ± 0.52

0.001#

AST (U/L)

42.54 ± 22.03

45.26 ± 20.74

0.061#

ALT (U/L)

34.80 ± 20.12

36.81 ± 15.68

0.391

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

11.97 ± 1.48

11.66 ± 1.51

0.160#

WBCs (×103/μL)

5.70 ± 1.36

5.30 ± 1.30

0.028

Platelets (×103/μL)

122.37 ± 40.49

123.04 ± 71.83

0.515#

INR

1.18 ± 0.14

1.34 ± 0.28

0.001#

Ammonia μmol/L

63.56 ± 24.20

86.59 ± 23.25

0.001

CTP score

5.25 ± 0.70

6.15 ± 1.62

0.001#

CTP class

A

86 (43.2%)

113 (56.8%)

0.001

B

5 (10%)

45 (90%)

C

0 (0%)

8 (100%)

MELD

8.46 ± 3.06

10.78 ± 4.01

0.001#

ALBI score

−2.49 ± 0.38

−2.13 ± 0.53

0.001#

ALBI class

ALBI 1

18 (66.7%)

9 (33.3%)

0.001

ALBI 2

72 (34.1%)

139 (65.9%)

ALBI 3

1 (5.3%)

18 (94.7%)

PALBI score

−2.55 ± 0.26

−2.33 ± 0.39

0.001

ALBI-PLT score

3.70 ± 0.56

3.98 ± 0.49

0.001#

  1. #Mann-Whitney test, CTP Child-Pugh