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Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 5 The frequency of CHILD class according to the etiology of cirrhosis

From: A paradigm shift in non-viral liver cirrhosis: a multicenter study on clinicoepidemiological characteristics and outcome of non-B non-C cirrhosis

Etiology of cirrhosis

CHILD A

CHILD B

CHILD C

Percentage of Child B and C

P value

AIH

7

19

27

87%

0.003*

BCS

3

14

30

94%

 < 0.001*

Cardiac

2

2

0

50%

1

Cryptogenic

8

17

20

82%

0.074

Hemochromatosis

1

1

0

50%

1

NASH

2

1

3

67%

0.607

PBC

1

1

1

67%

1

PSC

0

2

0

100%

––

Secondary biliary cirrhosis

0

6

2

100%

0.157

Wilson’s disease

2

6

6

86%

0.319

Others

4

0

0

0

––

  1. AIH Autoimmune hepatitis, BCS Budd-Chiari syndrome, NASH Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, PBC Primary biliary cholangitis, PSC Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  2. *Significant p value (less than 0.05)
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