Table 1.

Patients characteristics for propensity score matched pairs (n = 50). Data is given as median and 95% confidence interval.

	PPI	No PPI	p-value
Age (years)	58 (56–62)	55 (53–60)	0.117
Sex (female/male)	10/40 (20%/80%)	13/37 (26%/74%)	0.635
Child-Pugh score	6 (5–6)	6 (5–7)	0.895
MELD score	11 (10–13)	11.5 (10–13)	0.669
Antibiotic use	2 (4%)	0 (0%)	0.495
Metformin	8 (16%)	5 (10%)	0.554
Lactulose	8 (16%)	2 (4%)	0.091

PPI: proton pump inhibitor.