Table 1.

Demographics of the patients (n=16)

Age	52 (2.4)
Sex (M/F)	10/6
Aetiology of liver disease
Alcoholic cirrhosis	10
Other	6
Pugh score	6.7 (0.4)
Bilirubin (μmol/l)	37.8 (3.5)
Albumin (g/l)	33.1 (2.1)
Prothrombin time (s)	14.9 (2.1)

Data are mean (SEM).