Table 1.

Patient data.

Patient	Age (years)	Liver biopsy	Ultrasound	Encephalopathy	Ascites	Bilirubin (µmol l−1)	Albumin (µmol l−1)	Protrombin time (% activity)	Child-Pugh score
1 F	30	+	+	–	+	23	551	70	A
2 M	47	–	+	–	+	14	580	64	A
3 F	56	–	+	–	–	102	406	43	B
4 M	64	–	+	–	+	50	464	43	C
5 M	54	+	+	–	–	35	508	60	A
6 F	40	–	+	–	+	25	624	84	A
7 M	79	+	+	–	–	73	403	32	C
8 M	46	–	+	+	+	50	445	40	C
9 M	38	–	+	–	–	43	537	56	A
10 M	34	+	+	–	–	33	609	76	A

+ present; − not present.