Table 5.

Uni- and multivariate Cox analysis of factors associated with readmission due to HE in HBV-related decompensated cirrhosis patients

variable	univariate			mutlivariate
	HR	95%CI	P	HR	95%CI	P
Gender (male/female) *	0.000	0.000	0.998
Age (year)	0.940	0.869–1.017	0.125
HBeAg(+/−)*	0.603	0.154–2.365	0.468
HBsAg	1.000	1.000–1.000	0.762
HBV-DNA(+/−)*	0.426	0.108–1.682	0.223
ALT(IU/L)	1.002	0.991–1.013	0.673
AST(IU/L)	1.006	0.997–1.015	0.179
TBIL(umol/L)	1.028	1.000–1.057	0.049	0.985	0.950–1.020	0.391
PTA	0.949	0.897–1.004	0.068
ALB(g/L)	0.974	0.838–1.132	0.733
WBC(109/L)	1.115	0.948–1.312	0.188
HGB(g/L)	0.992	0.965–1.019	0.550
PLT(109/L)	0.994	0.978–1.010	0.450
SBP(+/−)*	8.594	2.087–35.394	0.003	1.138	0.133–9.732	0.906
Ascites(+/−)*	1.692	0.201–14.228	0.628
HE(+/−)*	3.700	0.836–16.37	0.085
GI Bleeding(+/−)*	2.125	0.596–9.109	0.310
Chilid-pugh score(B/C) *	8.105	1.609–40.828	0.011	1.886	0.081–9.733	0.921
DAO(ng/mL)	1.157	1.078–1.243	0.000	1.184	1.024–1.369	0.023

HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval

* Categorical variables