Table 2. Patient investigational characteristics between groups.
| Group descriptive | Group | n | Mean | Median | SD | SE | p value |
| Age (years) | AH-CAM | 27 | 45.85 | 44.0 | 9.77 | 1.88 | 0.18 |
| AH | 29 | 49.41 | 51.0 | 9.84 | 1.83 | ||
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 9.74 | 9.8 | 1.87 | 0.36 | 0.78 |
| AH | 29 | 10.01 | 10.1 | 2.41 | 0.45 | ||
| WBC count (x1000/mm3) | AH-CAM | 27 | 13.21 | 14.7 | 5.18 | 1.00 | 0.29 |
| AH | 29 | 12.63 | 10.9 | 7.68 | 1.43 | ||
| Platelet count (x109/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 99.85 | 81.0 | 64.36 | 12.39 | 0.02 |
| AH | 29 | 115.55 | 101.0 | 47.68 | 8.85 | ||
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | AH-CAM | 27 | 18.80 | 18.6 | 9.73 | 1.87 | 0.007 |
| AH | 29 | 12.61 | 10.2 | 6.77 | 1.26 | ||
| AST (IU/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 129.04 | 120.0 | 87.95 | 16.93 | 0.44 |
| AH | 29 | 143.38 | 92.0 | 119.26 | 22.15 | ||
| ALT (IU/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 63.59 | 46.0 | 46.52 | 8.95 | 0.84 |
| AH | 29 | 81.34 | 48.0 | 93.73 | 17.41 | ||
| ALP (IU/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 146.33 | 142.0 | 58.73 | 11.30 | 0.90 |
| AH | 29 | 169.38 | 134.0 | 106.56 | 19.79 | ||
| GGT (IU/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 222.89 | 184.0 | 156.32 | 30.08 | 0.18 |
| AH | 29 | 168.83 | 141.0 | 116.12 | 21.56 | ||
| Serum albumin (mg/dL) | AH-CAM | 27 | 2.67 | 2.8 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.43 |
| AH | 29 | 2.84 | 2.7 | 0.55 | 0.10 | ||
| INR | AH-CAM | 27 | 2.53 | 2.2 | 0.83 | 0.16 | 0.71 |
| AH | 29 | 2.61 | 2.4 | 0.83 | 0.15 | ||
| Sodium (mmol/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 128.74 | 130.0 | 4.74 | 0.91 | 0.22 |
| AH | 29 | 130.00 | 131.0 | 5.87 | 1.09 | ||
| Potassium (mmol/L) | AH-CAM | 27 | 4.11 | 4.1 | 0.78 | 0.15 | 0.95 |
| AH | 29 | 4.09 | 4.2 | 0.86 | 0.16 | ||
| Blood urea (mg/dL) | AH-CAM | 27 | 39.78 | 29.0 | 30.03 | 5.78 | 0.87 |
| AH | 29 | 47.62 | 27.0 | 49.38 | 9.17 | ||
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | AH-CAM | 27 | 1.31 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.14 | 0.93 |
| AH | 29 | 1.53 | 1.1 | 1.16 | 0.22 | ||
| DF | AH-CAM | 27 | 88.74 | 80.8 | 31.14 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| AH | 29 | 68.58 | 61.0 | 30.23 | 5.61 | ||
| CTP | AH-CAM | 27 | 12.63 | 13.0 | 1.11 | 0.21 | 0.01 |
| AH | 29 | 11.62 | 12.0 | 1.54 | 0.29 | ||
| MELD sodium | AH-CAM | 27 | 31.41 | 30.0 | 4.61 | 0.89 | 0.65 |
| AH | 29 | 30.31 | 31.1 | 5.87 | 1.09 | ||
| ACLF grade | AH-CAM | 27 | 1.44 | 1.0 | 1.25 | 0.24 | 0.08 |
| AH | 29 | 0.90 | 0.0 | 1.11 | 0.21 | ||
| CLIF C ACLF score | AH-CAM | 27 | 60.41 | 58.0 | 15.23 | 2.93 | 0.38 |
| AH | 29 | 57.38 | 57.0 | 9.86 | 1.83 | ||
| CLIF score | AH-CAM | 27 | 11.30 | 11.0 | 2.64 | 0.51 | 0.001 |
| AH | 29 | 9.21 | 9.0 | 2.14 | 0.40 |
Abbreviations: ACLF, acute-on-chronic liver failure; AH, alcoholic hepatitis; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; CLIF, chronic liver failure; CTP, Child Turcotte Pugh score; DF, discriminant function; GGT, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; INR, international normalized ratio; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease score; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error.