Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population*.

	ALD group n = 147	Control group n = 30	P
Age (years)
Males	49.84 ± 11.53	44.31 ± 10.23	0.09
Females	48.82 ± 9.94	43.11 ± 8.43	0.10
Gender
Males	107 (72.8%)	17 (56.7%)	0.12
Females	40 (27.2%)	13 (43.3%)

*ALD: alcoholic liver disease.