Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of hospitalised patients with liver cirrhosis n (%)
| Variable | n = 231 |
| Gender | 167 M; 64 F |
| Age (yr) | 56.3 ± 0.9 |
| Aetiology | |
| Alcohol | 130 (56) |
| Alcohol and HCV | 28 (12) |
| HCV | 23 (10) |
| NAFLD | 19 (8) |
| Others | 31 (14) |
| Child-Pugh classification | |
| Childs A | 21 (9) |
| Childs B | 96 (42) |
| Childs C | 114 (49) |
| MELD Score | 17.0 ± 0.5 |
| Ascites | 135 (71) |
| Hepatic encephalopathy | 88 (38) |
| Albumin | 24.9 ± 0.3 |
| Bilirubin | 80.3 ± 7.1 |
| INR | 1.6 ± 0.04 |
| Median LOS (d) | 7 (1-116) |
| Admission with variceal bleeding | 30 (13) |
| 28-d mortality | 31 (13) |
| In-hospital mortality | 33 (14) |
HCV: Hepatitis C virus; NAFLD: Non-alcoholic liver disease; MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; INR: International normalised ratio; LOS: Length of stay.