Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients with HBV-Related Liver Cirrhosis Who Were Hospitalized to Control Ascitic Decompensation at Admission (n=199)

HBV, hepatitis B virus; HE, hepatic encephalopathy; INR, international normalized ratio; WBC, white blood cell; SAAG, serum ascites albumin gradient.

Variables are expressed as mean±SD, median (range), or n (%).

^*Pulmonary disease included pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma.

^†Cardiovascular disease included hypertension and congestive heart failure.

^‡Infection included pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and sepsis.

^§Renal failure was defined as acute or chronic renal failure, but not hepatorenal syndrome.

^∥Liver failure was defined as rapid deterioration of liver function results in coagulopathy, usually an INR greater than 1.5 and any degree of HE.