Table II.
One-year survival in 155 patients according to abdominal tenderness, serum potassium value (ref. value 3.6–4.6 mmol/L), and MELD score at inclusion in the study.
| OLT and/or death <1 year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLT |
No OLT |
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| Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive (%) | All | |
| Abdominal tenderness | |||||
| No | 2 | 8 | 46 | 461 (45) | 102 |
| Yes | 0 | 1 | 33 | 16 (32) | 50 |
| All | 2 | 9 | 79 | 621 (41) | 152 |
| Serum potassium | |||||
| < 3.6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 24 (56) | 43 |
| 3.6–4.1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 27 (50) | 54 |
| 4.2–4.6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 (34) | 35 |
| > 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 (4) | 23 |
| All | 2 | 9 | 80 | 64 (41) | 155 |
| MELD score | |||||
| 6–9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 (56) | 27 |
| 10–19 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 29 (41) | 70 |
| 20–29 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 16 (36) | 44 |
| ≥ 30 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 (22) | 9 |
| All | 2 | 9 | 77 | 62 (41) | 150 |
1This figure includes two patients with OLT performed > 1 year after inclusion; 2This figure includes one patient with score 32, and one patient with score 34.