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Published in final edited form as: Metab Brain Dis. 2013 Dec 19;29(4):1027–1039. doi: 10.1007/s11011-013-9469-0

Table 2.

Clinical and demographic comparisons

Parameter [±S.D.]	pHEs [n = 4]	Cirrhotic HE [n = 5]	Alcoholics [n = 4]	Controls [n = 4]
Mean age (years)	55 [7.5]	57 [11.6]	53 [7.5]	59 [11.6]
Gender (M/F)	3/1	2/3	3/1	3/1
Mean PMI	22 [5.6]	34 [19.9]	24 [6.6]	20 [9.5]
Mean brain weight (g)	1287 [86]	1269 [124]	1392 [52]	1372 [135]
Mean brain pH	6.36 [0.20]	6.44 [0.37]	6.70 [0.23]	6.61 [0.23]
Mean Fixation period (months)	84.5 [53.8]^*	56.8 [20.9]	15.7 [9.5]^*	17.8 [22.5]^*
Severity of liver pathology (0,1,2,3)^B	0,0,0,4	0,0,0,5	1,1,2,0	1,2,0,0^A
Mean daily alcohol consumption (g/day)^C,D	211 [114.8]	206 [87.4]	183 [41.0]	5 [6.2]^*
Smoking (Ever/Never)^C	3/1	3/2	3/1	1/2^A
Smoking (Mean pack years)^C	25.3 [22.1]^A	26.7 [25.1]	27.5 [22.2]	1.9 [2.8]^A

significant difference, p-value < 0.05

Data missing

liver pathology: 0 = nil or congestion, 1 = mild steatosis, 2 = severe steatosis/mild fibrosis; 3 = cirrhosis or severe inflammation

estimated from medical history and next of kin questionnaires.

calculated by mean daily consumption × 365 × years drinking [excluding periods of abstinence].