Table 1. Clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis.

Liver cirrhosis (n = 286)
Gender (male/female)	161/125
Age (mean ± SD, years)	56.3±10.7
Median (IQR, years)	56 (50–64)
Child-Pugh stage, n
A	96
B	107
C	76
NA	7
Meld score (points)	14.6±6.5
Serum bilirubin (µmol/L)	65.8±97.4
Serum albumin (g/L)	33.5±7.8
Platelet (G/L)	121.1±69.2
Co-morbidities present, n (%)	123 (43.1%)
One	93
Two	24
Three or more	6
HCC, n (%)	33 (11.5%)
Mean follow-up ± SD (days)	440±347
Median follow-up, IQR (days)	425 (107–732)
Patients with severe bacterial infections, n(%)	81 (28.3%)
One	45
Two	22
Three	14

SD: standard deviation, IQR: inter-quartile range, HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma, NA: not available.