Table 2.

Demographic features, Child-Pugh score, serum IgG concentration, and duration of follow up in patients analysed for incidence of bacterial infections during the follow up period

	Tuftsin activity ≥11.5%	Tuftsin activity <11.5%	p Value
n	7	16
Age (y)	55 (35–68)	55 (43–74)	NS
Sex (M/F)	6/1	10/6	NS
Child-Pugh score	6 (5–8)	9 (5–12)	0.027
Serum IgG concn (g/dl)	1.81 (1.41–2.19)	2.20 (1.31–3.66)	NS
Duration of follow up (months)	16 (2–47)	10 (1–48)	NS

Continuous variables are expressed as median (range).