Table 2.

Comparison of the SF-36 scores across 10 items in patients with LC and non-LC.

ALL Cases	LC Patients (n = 148)	Non-LC Patients (n = 241)	p Value
PF	79.9 ± 20.2 [76.6, 83.2]	87.5 ± 15.8 [85.5, 89.5]	<0.0001
RP	77.0 ± 30.7 [72.0, 82.0]	87.2 ± 21.4 [84.5, 90.0]	0.0005
BP	71.6 ± 26.1 [67.3, 75.9]	76.3 ± 23.9 [73.3, 79.3]	0.0709
GH	51.6 ± 19.7 [48.4, 54.8]	58.4 ± 19.1 [55.9, 60.9]	0.0011
VT	59.3 ± 22.6 [55.6, 63.0]	67.6 ± 20.5 [65.0, 70.2]	0.0002
SF	82.9 ± 25.1 [78.8, 87.0]	89.4 ± 19.4 [86.9, 91.9]	0.0004
RE	78.6 ± 28.3 [74.0, 83.3]	88.1 ± 21.4 [85.4, 90.8]	<0.0001
MH	73.0 ± 20.6 [69.6, 76.4]	74.9 ± 20.7 [72.2, 77.5]	0.3845
PCS	42.3 ± 16.2 [39.6, 45.1]	48.7 ± 11.9 [47.1, 50.2]	<0.0001
MCS	49.9 ± 10.1 [48.2, 51.6]	51.8 ± 10.4 [50.4, 53.1]	0.0891

Data are expressed as average ± standard deviation and 95% confidence interval. LC; liver cirrhosis, PF; physical functioning, RP; role physical, BP; bodily pain, GH; general health perception, VT; vitality, SF; social functioning, RE; role emotion, MH; mental health, PCS; physical component summary score, MCS; mental component summary score.