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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients with no-HE versus those with HE

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

Variables

Cirrhotic without HE (n=59)

Cirrhotic with HE (n=67)

 

Age (mean ± SD)

57.712 ±13.3985

58.09 ±12.26

0.869

Sex

  

0.158

 Male

39 (52.0%)

36 (53.7 %)

 

 Females

20 (39.2%)

31 (46.3 %)

 

Hb (mean ± SD)

10.298±2.3775

9.690±2.3086

0.148

PLT (mean ± SD)

102.797±67.5512

99.940±64.6658

0.809

TLC (mean ± SD)

6.425±3.7393

11.337±9.0936

0.000

AST (mean ± SD)

45.000±31.0383

77.133±84.6291

0.007

ALT (mean ± SD)

27.686±25.5294

37.925±30.4044

0.044

Serum albumin (mean ± SD)

3.5036±.67822

2.35 ± 0.58

0.000

Total bilirubin (mean ± SD)

2.2361±2.75812

3.68±3.86

0.019

INR (mean ± SD)

1.4692±.48824

1.87±0.64

0.000

Baseline serum creatinine (mean ± SD)

0.87±0.18

1.00±0.45

0.044

eGFR at admission (mean ± SD)

91.051±24.5135

77.76±26.91

0.005

UACR median (IQR)

53 (81)

51 (96.6)

0.324

MELD score at admission (mean ± SD)

15.52±5.04

17.21± 5.54

0.000

CTP score (mean ± SD)

7.271±1.9985

9.65±1.70

0.000

AKI n (%)

7 (11.86 %)

16 (23.9 %)

0.08

Mortality n (%)

 Yes

0 (0 %)

22 (32.8 %)

0.00

  1. SD standard deviation, Hb hemoglobin, PLT platelet, TLC total leucocytic count, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, INR international normalized ratio, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, UACR urine albumin creatinine ratio, MELD model of end-stage liver disease, CTP Child-Turcotte-Pugh, AKI acute kidney injury