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. 2020 Mar 4;10:4046. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-60866-x

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the five studies included.

Authors Year Study design Patients (n) Sex (M/F) Age (mean), years Aetiology of liver disease (n) Child-Pugh score (mean) MELD score (mean)
Cheung et al.6 2009 Retrospective

urgent: 134

non-urgent: 76

179/31 55 139 alcohol/59 viral/47 other 8.5 14.3
Hsu et al.9 2009 Retrospective

urgent: 176

non-urgent: 135

228/83 55 46 alcohol/228 viral/37 other NA 11.6
Chen et al.8 2012 Retrospective

urgent: 54

non-urgent: 47

85/16 57 18 alcohol/74 viral/9 other 9* 13*
Yoo et al.5 2018 Retrospective

urgent: 173

non-urgent: 101

207/67 58 69 alcohol/162 viral/43 other NA 15.9
Huh et al.7 2019 Retrospective

urgent: 317

non-urgent: 94

291/120 54 240 alcohol/136 viral/31 other 8.3 12.1

MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; NA, not available.

*Data expressed as median values.