Table 3.
Decade-Long Trends in the Causes of In-Hospital Death
| Causes of in-hospital death | Total | Alcoholic | Nonalcoholic | ||||||
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| 2002 (n=130) | 2011 (n=118) | p-value | 2002 (n=62) | 2011 (n=63) | p-value | 2002 (n=68) | 2011 (n=55) | p-value | |
| Variceal bleeding | 29 (22.3) | 24 (20.3) | 0.93 | 16 (25.8) | 14 (22.2) | 0.64 | 13 (19.1) | 10 (19.2) | 0.90 |
| Hepatic encephalopathy | 29 (22.3) | 11 (9.3) | 0.01 | 19 (30.6) | 2 (3.2) | <0.0001 | 10 (14.7) | 9 (16.4) | 0.80 |
| Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | 17 (13.1) | 6 (5.1) | 0.03 | 7 (11.3) | 1 (1.6) | 0.03 | 10 (14.7) | 5 (9.1) | 0.34 |
| Hepatic failure | 33 (25.4) | 36 (30.5) | 0.37 | 12 (19.4) | 21 (33.3) | 0.08 | 21 (30.9) | 15 (27.3) | 0.66 |
| Hepatorenal syndrome | 22 (16.9) | 41 (34.7) | 0.001 | 8 (12.9) | 25 (39.7) | 0.001 | 14 (20.6) | 16 (29.1) | 0.28 |
Data are presented as the number of deaths (%).