Table 2.

Health-related quality of life scales for patients with and without minimal hepatic encephalopathy

	MHE	Non-MHE	P value
Physical functioning (8 questions)	20.09 ± 6.26	18.10 ± 6.0	< 0.01
Psychological well-being (7 questions)	15.93 ± 6.62	14.80 ± 5.44	0.04
Symptom/side effects (7 questions)	14.98 ± 5.88	13.35 ± 5.61	< 0.01
Social functioning (4 questions)	9.67 ± 2.73	9.66 ± 2.65	0.95
Self-evaluation regarding general-health (4 questions)	9.74 ± 2.73	9.43 ± 2.57	0.21
Total pooled score (30 questions)	69.12 ± 20.40	63.89 ± 18.85	< 0.01

MHE: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy.