Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study and control groups (mean ± SD).

Characteristic	Control Group (n = 20)	Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis (n = 99)
		P-Ch A (n = 29)	P-Ch B (n = 36)	P-Ch C (n = 34)
Age (years)	48.9 ± 15.1	53.3 ± 12.3	54.6 ± 11.0	56.9 ± 7.7
The percentage of men	65%	72.4%	66.7%	58.8%
Height (cm)	170.4 ± 6.6	171.8 ± 7.8	175.3 ± 8.4	173.4 ± 6.9
Body mass (kg)	67.8 ± 7.8	68.1 ± 14.8	71.5 ± 13.2	70.2 ± 12.8
Time of alcohol abuse (years)	-	13.1 ± 4.8	14.1 ± 4.9	15.7 ± 5.4
Ascites (%)	0	32%	61%	85%
Esophageal varices (%)	0	14%	45%	88%
Encephalopathy (%)	0	28%	51%	91%