Table 4. Anti-microbial serological markers in cirrhotic patients according to the absence or presence of ascites.
| Patients without ascites | Patients with ascites | |
| (n = 150) | (n = 136) | |
| ASCA IgA and/or IgG | 46 (30.7%) | 63 (46.3%)* |
| ASCA IgA | 39 (26.0%) | 58 (42.6%)* |
| ASCA IgG | 25 (16.7%) | 24 (17.6%) |
| Anti-OMP Plus™ IgA | 75 (50.0%) | 103 (75.7%)# |
| Multiple seropositivity | 39 (26.0%) | 60 (44.1%)* |
*p<0.01,
#
p<0.001 between cirrhotic patients with or without ascites by χ2-test with Yates correction and linear-by-linear association for serological responses.