Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Variables | No. Pts available | Mean or frequency | Std. deviation | Median | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 108 | 59.030 | 11.498 | 59.065 | 26.74 | 83.16 |
| Sex (Male/Female) – n. | 108 | 67/41 | ||||
| Hepatic encephalopathy – n. | 108 | 8 | ||||
| Ascites – n. | 108 | 63 | ||||
| Hydrothorax on chest X ray or CT scans – n. | 88 | 8 | ||||
| Etiology of liver cirrhosis – n. | 108 | |||||
| Hepatitis B virus alone | 22 | |||||
| Hepatitis C virus alone | 7 | |||||
| Alcohol alone | 27 | |||||
| Drug alone | 4 | |||||
| Hepatitis B virus+Alcohol | 8 | |||||
| Autoimmune | 5 | |||||
| Cholestatic | 2 | |||||
| Hepatitis B virus+Fatty Liver | 1 | |||||
| Alcohol+Budd-Chiari Syndrome | 1 | |||||
| Unknown | 31 | |||||
| Red blood cell (1012/L) | 108 | 3.239 | 0.856 | 3.225 | 1.38 | 5.36 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 108 | 94.148 | 29.253 | 93 | 33 | 153 |
| White blood cell (109/L) | 108 | 4.257 | 2.315 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 15.7 |
| Platelet (109/L) | 108 | 96.185 | 62.805 | 78.5 | 22 | 316 |
| Total bilirubin (umol/L) | 108 | 33.418 | 36.361 | 22.65 | 5.2 | 234.8 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 107 | 31.665 | 6.276 | 31.5 | 16.8 | 46 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) | 108 | 35.306 | 33.980 | 25 | 5 | 249 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 108 | 48.046 | 37.442 | 36 | 10 | 227 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 108 | 123.741 | 81.544 | 102.5 | 24 | 543 |
| Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L) | 108 | 93.046 | 156.625 | 50.5 | 9 | 1377 |
| Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L) | 106 | 6.676 | 3.645 | 5.62 | 1.47 | 20.46 |
| Creatinine (umol/L) | 106 | 86.243 | 133.729 | 62.45 | 34.5 | 1092 |
| Potassium (mmol/L) | 108 | 3.849 | 0.584 | 3.81 | 2.53 | 6.13 |
| Sodium (mmol/L) | 108 | 138.232 | 4.112 | 138.9 | 115.7 | 144.4 |
| Prothrombin time (seconds) | 105 | 14.663 | 3.648 | 14 | 10.4 | 38.8 |
| International normalized ratio | 105 | 1.262 | 0.313 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.37 |
| Amino-terminal pro-peptide of type III pro-collagen (ng/mL) | 108 | 31.373 | 37.246 | 13.14 | 2.18 | 192.35 |
| IV-collagen (ng/mL) | 108 | 225.882 | 333.062 | 149.69 | 28.79 | 2990.01 |
| Laminin (ng/mL) | 108 | 182.016 | 429.861 | 92.045 | 16.09 | 4184.99 |
| Hyaluronic acid (ng/mL) | 108 | 5275.794 | 21185.907 | 636.885 | 66.69 | 145053.94 |
| Child-Pugh score | 104 | 7.538 | 1.920 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Child-Pugh class – n. | 104 | |||||
| A | 33 | |||||
| B | 55 | |||||
| C | 16 | |||||
| Model for end stage liver diseases (MELD) score | 104 | 7.106 | 5.588 | 6.672 | −3.16 | 31.4 |