Table 1.

Characteristics of study groups

	Alcoholic cirrhosis	HBV-related cirrhosis	Healthy controls
	(n = 12)	(n = 18)	(n = 12)
Age	52.7 ± 13.0	48.2 ± 11.5	45.3 ± 8.4
Gerder (M/F)	9/3	12/6	8/4
BMI	20.3 ± 2.9	21.1 ± 2.3	20.6 ± 1.3
Alb	36.8 ± 6.3	32.8 ± 5.1	48.1 ± 2.5
INR	1.3 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.1
TB	55.0 ± 33.9	63.4 ± 56.4	16.7 ± 5.1
Crea	70.0 ± 15.2	76.6 ± 16.6	67.1 ± 11.9
CP	7.7 ± 2.1	8.8 ± 2.0	None

Note. 1. Age, BMI, CP, Alb, INR, TB, and Crea were expressed as mean ± SD. 2. Measure unit: Age (yr); BMI (kg/m2); TB (umol/L); PT (S); Alb (g/L); Crea (umol/L).

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, CP Child-Pugh score, TB total bilirubin, PT prothrombin time, Alb, serum albumin, INR international normalized ratio, Crea, serum creatine.