. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 19.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Apr 24;7(9):994–914. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.04.015

Table 6.

Comparison of OTCA and Alcohol Use in Matched Patients

	Matched cirrhotic cases (n = 45)	Matched cirrhotic controls (n = 45)	Matched noncirrhotic controls (n = 45)	P
Age (y)	53 (36–83)	54 (27–80)	60 (20–91)	.202
CTP score	8 (5–13)	8 (5–12)	—	.284
OTCA use	16 (36)	24 (53)	32 (71)	.003
APAP use	10 (22)	15 (33)	21 (47)	.049
NSAID use	6 (14)	11 (24)	13 (29)	.19
Alcohol use in last month	19 (42)	3 (7)	17 (38)	<.001
Amount of alcohol in last month, grams	380 (10–4500)	220 (30–520)	20 (10–900)	<.001
Days of alcohol use in last month	10 (1–30)	7 (2–25)	1 (1–30)	<.001

NOTE. Data are given as n (%) or (range).