Table 1.

Data on non-Wilsonian cirrhotic patients classified by gender (one patient can have more than 1 causes of cirrhosis, complications of the portal hypertension and other medical illnesses)

Factors	Male (n = 99)		Female (n = 44)	Total (M + F)	p value
Hepatitis B	46 (46.5%)		12 (27.3%)	58	< 0.05*
Hepatitis C	16 (16.2%)		11 (25.0%)	27	0.15
Alcoholism	59 (59.6%)		11 (25.0%)	70	< 0.001*
NASH	6 (6.1%)		12 (27.3%)	18	< 0.05*
Cryptogenic	1 (1.0%)		1 (2.3%)	2	0.52
Combined cause	28 (28.3%)		3 (6.8%)	31	< 0.05*
History of alcohol consumption	71 (71.7%)		13 (29.5%)	84	< 0.001*
Portal hypertension	75 (75.8%)		33 (75%)	108	0.54
Gastroesophageal varices	48 (48.5%)		23 (52.3%)	71	0.40
Portal hypertensive gastropathy	34 (34.3%)		18 (40.9%)	52	0.28
Hepatocellular carcinoma	19 (19.2%)		2 (4.5%)	21	< 0.05*
Hepatic encephalopathy	37 (37.4%)		18 (40.9%)	55	0.41
Diabetes mellitus	34 (34.3%)		17 (38.6%)	51	0.37
Hypertension	41 (41.4%)		16 (36.4%)	57	0.35
Previous history of stroke	3 (3.0%)		0 (0%)	3	0.32
Renal insufficiency	3 (3.0%)		2 (4.5%)	5	0.48
Coronary artery disease	1 (1.0%)		1 (2.3%)	2	0.52
Hyperlipidemia	33 (33.3%)		14 (31.8%)	47	0.50

% within sex.

^*statistically significant. M: male, F: female, NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.