Table 2. Statistically significant differences in laboratory parameters between patients with and without SBP.

	no SBP	SBP	p
N	120	32
Creatinine [mg/dL]	1.1 (0.1 – 6.9)	1.9 (0.6 – 8.1)	0.001
INR	1.3 (1.0 – 2.8)	1.4 (1.0 – 2.7)	0.018
MELD score	16 (6 – 39)	21 (7 – 41)	0.001
CRP [mg/L]	21 (0.7 – 160)	57 (10 – 219)	< 0.001
Blood leukocyte count [G/L]	7.7 (1.6 – 40)	11.5 (0.6 – 37)	0.001
Ascites leukocyte count [G/L]	136 (23 – 1069)	1355 (476 – 24044)	< 0.001
Ascites PMN cell count [G/L]	18 (1 – 237)	1088 (256 – 23593)	< 0.001

Data are given as median (range).