Table 1.

Patients and controls were well matched for age and sex

	Controls	Cirrhosis	Encephalopathy
Age	48.8 ± 9.9	54.3 ± 8.8	56.8 ± 6.0
Sex	M: 10	M: 9	M: 12
	F: 7	F: 9	F: 6
CP score	N/A	7.8 ± 1.6	9.9 ± 2.1
Child class a	N/A	1	1
Child class b	N/A	11	6
Child class c	N/A	6	11

Patients with hepatic encephalopathy had more severe liver disease. CP: Child-Pugh; M: Male; F: Female.