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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the included cirrhotic patients

From: The urine albumin creatinine ratio is one of the predictors of acute kidney injury in hepatitis C-related cirrhotic hepatic encephalopathy

Age, mean ± SD (years)

57.9 ± 12.8

Sex

 Male, n (%)

 Females, n (%)

75 (59.5)

51 (40.5)

Hepatic encephalopathy,n (%)

 Yes

 No

 Grade I

 Grade II

 Grade III

 Grade IV

67 (53.2)

59 (46.8)

1 (1.5)

11 (16.4)

38 (56.7)

17 (25.4)

ALT, mean ±SD (U/L)

33.1±28.6

AST, mean ±SD (U/L)

62.1±67

Serum albumin, mean ±SD (g/dl)

2.9 ± 0.9

Total bilirubin, mean ±SD (mg/dl)

3.0±3.5

INR mean ± SD

1.7±0.6

Hb, mean ±SD (g/dl)

10.0±2.4

WBCs ±SD

9.0±7.5

Platelets, mean ±SD

101.3±65.8

Baseline serum creatinine , mean ±SD (mg/dl)

0.91±0.2

CTP score mean ±SD

8.5±2.2

CTP class,n (%)

 A

 B

 C

23 (18.3)

55 (43.7)

48 (38.0)

MELD score, mean ±SD

15.01± 5.8

UACR, median (IQR) (mg/g)

51.5 (88.6)

AKI,n (%)

 Yes

 No

23 (18.3)

103 (81.7)

Causes of AKI,n (%)

 Pre-renal

 HRS

 Intrinsic renal

20 (87)

2 (8.7)

1 (4.3)

Length of Hospital stays,n (%)

 ≤ 7 days

 8–14 days

106 (84.1)

20 (15.9)

Mortality,n (%)

 Yes

 No

22 (17.5)

104 (82.5)

  1. SD standard deviation, HCV hepatitis C virus, HBV hepatitis B virus, NASH non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, INR international normalized ratio, Hb hemoglobin, WBCs white blood cell count, CTP Child Turcotte Pugh, MELD model for end-stage liver disease, UACR urine albumin creatinine ratio, AKI acute kidney injury, HRS hepatorenal syndrome