TABLE 1. General characteristics of patients.

Parameters	Value
Patients (n)	30
Sex (female/male/no data)	7/16/7
Age (in years) as median (range)	46 (32–64)
Etiology (alcoholic/chronic hepatitis)	7/16
MELD score as median (range)	15 (6–23)
Child score as median (range)	9 (5–12)
Child category (A/B/C)	4/9/10
Ascites (absent/mild/severe)	19/6/5
Esophageal varices (absent/grade I–II/grade III–IV)	15/12/3

Abbreviation: MELD, model for end‐stage liver disease.