Table 2.

Bone‐Forming Cells in Different Child‐Turcotte‐Pugh (CTP) Groups

Bone‐Forming Cells	CTP A (10) Median (Interquartile Range)	CTP B (29) Median (Interquartile Range)	CTP C (22) Median (Interquartile Range)	P Value CTP A Versus CTP B	P Value CTP A Versus CTP C	P Value CTP B Versus CTP C
Osteoblasts/peritrabecular area	18 (14‐19)	13 (7‐16)	5 (4‐8.25)	0.137	0.001	<0.001
Osteocytes/trabeculae	28 (15‐35)	20 (16‐25)	12.5 (10‐15)	0.403	0.002	0.001
Chondrocytes/20×	8.5 (8‐9.75)	5 (4‐7)	2 (1.75‐3)	0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Osteocalcin+ cells/20×	1,201 (1,093‐1,684)	1,309 (937‐2,105)	877 (639‐1,306)	0.753	0.024	0.012
Osteocalcin+ BM biopsy area, %	8.37 (4.46‐14.71)	7.59 (3.36‐13.67)	3.4 (2.9‐7.3)	0.750	0.002	0.049
Osteonectin+ cells/20×	972 (892.5‐1,226)	652 (542‐786)	322 (200‐432.25)	0.004	<0.001	<0.001
Nestin+ cells/20×	16 (15‐16)	12 (9‐13)	6 (4‐8)	0.003	<0.001	<0.001
CD169+ cells/20×	26(17‐29)	17 (13‐20)	8.5 (6.75‐14.25)	0.150	<0.001	<0.001