Table 1.

Demographic and cognitive testing within the cirrhosis group

	Alcoholic Cirrhosis (n=46)	Non-Alcoholic Cirrhosis (n=102)
Age	53±6	56±8
Years of Education	13±5	13±6
Gender (men/women)	26/20	65/37
Race (Caucasian/African-American/Hispanic)	31/10/5	78/21/3
MELD score	15.2 ± 0.9	13.5 ± 0.6
Number (%) with prior OHE	27 (58%)	44 (43%)*
Serum Sodium (mEq/L)	135.5 ± 0.8	136.8 ± 0.6
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	3.0 ± 0.6	2.6 ± 0.3
INR	1.4 ± 0.06	1.3 ± 0.03
Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.06 ±0.06	1.01 ± 0.07
Venous Ammonia	49.9 ± 3.5	50.0 ± 2.9
Cognitive testing
Number connection-A (sec)	46.4 ± 3.2	42.5 ± 2.0
Number connection-B (sec)	135.9 ± 16.0	122.5 ± 9.25
Inhibitory Control Lures (number)	13.7 ± 1.4	11.5 ± 0.9
Digit Symbol (score)	45.5 ± 2.6	52.1 ± 1.7 *
Block design (score)	21.3 ± 1.8	26.2 ± 1.3 *
Line tracing time (sec)	122.2 ± 8.6*	118.3 ± 6.3
Line tracing errors (number)	41.9 ± 4.9	31.57 ± 3.2
Serial Dotting (sec)	90.1 ± 6.9*	71.29 ± 3.1
Inhibitory Control Targets (%)	89.8 ± 2.1	95.01 ± 0.61*

^*p<0.05 Alc vs. Nalc, data is presented as Mean±SEM; a high score on block design, digit symbol and inhibitory control targets and a low score on the rest indicate poor cognition.

Alc: abstinent alcoholic cirrhosis, Nalc: non-alcoholic cirrhosis.