Table 3. Overview of patients with liver fibrosis/cirrhosis broken down by Child-Pugh: hepatobiliary phase hepatic gadolinium concentration, fat fraction, relaxation times, and plasma bilirubin concentration depending on cirrhosis Child-Pugh score.
| Characteristics | Child-Pugh | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | |
| Gender (male/female) | 45/22 | 23/11 | 5/3 |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 63±10 | 61±11 | 53±11 |
| [Gd] (µmol/L), mean ± SD | 0.34±0.12 | 0.25±0.12 | 0.24±0.12 |
| Fat fraction (%), mean ± SD | 8.3±6.3 | 7.0±4.8 | 10.0±9.3 |
| Relaxation times R2* (1/ms), mean ± SD | 1.5 T (n=47): 36±6 | 1.5 T (n=18): 38±20 | 1.5 T (n=5): 34±6 |
| 3 T (n=20): 53±24 | 3 T (n=16): 52±24 | 3 T (n=3): 40±11 | |
| [Bilirubin] (µmol/L), mean ± SD | 14.8±18* | 22.0±13 | 59.0±77* |
Bilirubin concentration was significant lower in patients with Child A compared to patients with Child C (*, P<0.001). SD, standard deviation; [Gd], gadolinium concentration.