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. 2020 May 9;55(8):800–810. doi: 10.1007/s00535-020-01691-x

Table 2.

Change in body weight in patients treated with tolvaptan for liver cirrhosis and edema, stratified by subgroups

N Mean ± SD Median P valuea
Hepatocellular carcinoma
 Yes 288 − 3.21 ± 4.93 − 2.70 0.2248
 No 413 − 3.70 ± 5.53 − 3.20
Albumin (g/dL)
 < 2.5 209 − 3.85 ± 5.47 − 3.40 0.3372
 ≥ 2.5 365 − 3.42 ± 5.11 − 2.80
Serum Na (mEq/L)
 < 125 13 − 5.25 ± 6.86 − 3.40 0.2222
 ≥ 125 684 − 3.45 ± 5.25 − 2.90

SD standard deviation

aStudent’s t test

*< 0.05

**< 0.01

***< 0.001