Table 1.

Characteristics of patients and of the control group

Groups	Acute liver failure	Cirrhosis	Controls
Number of subjects	10	10	10
Age (years ± SD)	42.3 ± 4	53.6 ± 6	38.5 ± 6.5
Sex (M/F)	4/6	7/3	8/2
Aetiology Alcohol/viral/cryptogenic/paracetamol	0/2/3/5	6/3/1/0	–
Acute/subacute form	7/3	–	–
Child–Pugh A/B/C	–	0/7/3	–
MELD 〈15/〉15	–	4/6	–

F, female; M, male; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; SD, standard deviation.