Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of patients with liver cirrhosis
| MHE | Non-MHE | P value | ||
| Age (yr) | 45.3 ± 8.0 | 45.9 ± 8.5 | t = 0.289 | 0.774 |
| Education (yr) | 8.3 ± 4.4 | 8.4 ± 2.8 | Mann-Whitney U = 348.000 | 0.956 |
| Ammonia (μmol/L) | 74.2 ± 64.2 | 52.9 ± 24.2 | t = 1.086 | 0.288 |
| Child-Pugh grade | χ2 = 6.943 | 0.008 | ||
| Child A | 7 | 17 | ||
| Child B/C | 19 | 10 | ||
| Esophageal varices | 0.5841 | |||
| With esophageal varices | 15 | 19 | ||
| Without esophageal varices | 2 | 1 | ||
| HBV | χ2 = 0.048 | 0.827 | ||
| HBV positive | 19 | 19 | ||
| HBV negative | 7 | 8 | ||
| Antiviral therapy | > 0.051 | |||
| With antiviral therapy | 4 | 4 | ||
| Without antiviral therapy | 15 | 15 |
1
By Fisher’s exact test; MHE: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.