Table 1.

Liver function and clinical data used in calculating Child Scores

Parameter	Cirrhosis	Controls
Bilirubin (total, mg/dL)	1.44 ± 0.95	0.89 ± 0.24
Albumin (gm/dL)	4.0 ± 0.5	3.7 ± 0.9
PT (secs)	14.4 ± 1.8	11.4 ± 0.8
Ascites	2/26	0/13
Enceplalopathy	0/26	0/13

Data are presented as proportion or as mean ± SD