Table 3.

Hierarchy of complications seen during long term follow up in cirrhotic patients according to aetiology and previous alcohol abuse

	All patients	HCV+/HBsAg−	HCV−/HBsAg+	HCV+/HBsAg+
No alcohol abuse
No of patients	266	220	35	11
First event occurring
HCC	52 (19.5%)*	42 (19.1%)	5 (14.2%)	5 (45.4%)
Ascites	24 (9.0%)*	17 (7.7%)	7 (20.0%)	0 (0%)
Bleeding	5 (1.9%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Encephalopathy	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (2.8%)	0 (0%)
Alcohol abuse
No of patients	46	34	8	4
First event occurring
HCC	7 (15.2%)*	5 (14.7%)	1 (12.5%)	1 (25.0%)
Ascites	10 (21.7%)*	7 (20.5%)	1 (12.5%)	2 (50.0%)
Bleeding	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Encephalopathy	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

*p<0.05 by Fisher’s exact test.