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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Nov 19;14(5):747–752. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.11.007

Table 3.

Demographics, cirrhosis severity and real-life crashes and traffic violations in cirrhotic patients with and without MHE at baseline

Baseline information No MHE, n=107 MHE, n=98 P-value
Age (years) 55.6 ± 5.8 55.5 ± 7.5 0.96
Male/female 57/50 62/36 0.16
Education (years) 13.9 ± 2.2 13.4 ± 2.5 0.15
MELD score 8.6 ± 2.6 9.9 ± 3.7 0.07
Alcoholic etiology of cirrhosis 10 (10%) 13 (13%) 0.20
Stopped drinking alcohol<1 year but >6 months ago 62 (60%) 53 (54%) 0.43
Duration of driving experience 38.7 ± 6.6 37.0 ± 9.7 0.18
Real-life driving history
Motor vehicle crashes in one year 7 (7%) 16 (16%) 0.02
Traffic violations in one year 16 (16%) 26 (26%) 0.04
At one year follow-up No MHE, n=40 MHE, n=33 P value
Age (years) 55.7 ± 5.9 56.3 ± 5.5 0.47
Male/female 23/17 18/15 0.96
Education (years) 14.0 ± 2.1 13.7 ± 2.7 0.09
MELD score 8.5 ± 2.1 8.9 ± 2.9 0.85
Alcoholic etiology of cirrhosis 3 (7%) 4 (12%) 0.79
Stopped drinking alcohol>1 year ago 40 (100%) 33 (100%) 1.0
Real-life driving history
Motor vehicle crashes in one year 0 (0%) 6 (18%) 0.02
Traffic violations in one year 4 (10%) 9 (33%) 0.04