Table 1.
Patients’ demographic and medical characteristics
| n (%) | Mean score | P-value | |
| Sex | |||
| Men | 125 (60.7) | 4.77 (1.26) | 0.61 |
| Women | 81 (39.3) | 4.85 (1.13) | |
| Age (yr) | |||
| ≤ 39 | 40 (19.4) | 5.19 (1.15) | 0.02 |
| 40-59 | 99 (48.1) | 4.92 (1.22) | |
| ≥ 60 | 67 (32.5) | 4.40 (1.13) | |
| Educational level | |||
| Primary | 74 (35.9) | 4.55 (1.19) | 0.03 |
| Secondary | 85 (41.3) | 4.84 (1.24) | |
| Higher | 47 (22.8) | 5.13 (1.09) | |
| Family status | |||
| Married | 144 (69.9) | 4.74 (1.22) | 0.27 |
| Non-married | 62 (30.1) | 4.94 (1.17) | |
| Child-Pugh classification | |||
| Class A | 49 (23.8) | 4.71 (1.06) | < 0.001 |
| Class B | 32 (15.5) | 3.82 (1.12) | |
| Class C | 16 (7.8) | 3.36 (0.88) | |
| No Cirrhosis | 109 (52.9) | 5.34 (0.95) | |
| Etiology of liver disease | |||
| Hepatitis B | 78 (37.9) | 5.07 (1.01) | < 0.001 |
| Hepatitis C | 65 (31.6) | 4.97 (1.22) | |
| Autoimmune hepatitis | 12 (5.8) | 4.72 (1.31) | |
| Cirrhosis | 36 (17.5) | 3.92 (1.22) | |
| Other | 15 (7.3) | 4.87 (1.10) |