Table 1.
Clinical and demographic features of patients enrolled in the study
| Parameter | Patients enrolled (n = 103) |
MHEa (n = 37) |
NMHEa (n = 66) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (male)b | 86 (83.5%) | 31 (83.8%) | 55 (83.3%) | |
| Age (years)c | 48.029 (45.87-50.18) | 48.027 (44.907-51.147) | 48.030 (45.105-50.956) | |
| CTP classb | ||||
| Class A | 61 (59.22%) | 12 (19.7%) | 49 (80.3%) | |
| Class B | 27 (26.21%) | 14 (51.9%) | 13 (48.1%) | |
| Class C | 15 (14.5%) | 11 (73.3%) | 4 (26.7%) | |
| MELD scorec | 13.74 (12.90-14.58) | 16.19 (14.79-17.58) | 12.36 (11.44-13.28) | |
| Etiologyb | ||||
| Alcohol | 57 (55.3%) | 23 (62.1%) | 34 (51.51%) | |
| HBV | 11 (10.7%) | 4 (10.8%) | 7 (10.6%) | |
| HCV | 9 (8.7 %) | 3 (8.1%) | 6 (9.09%) | |
| Others | 26 (25.3%)d | 7 (18.9%) | 19 (28.78%) | |
| Education in yearsc | 11.223 (10.74-11.77) | 10.595 (9.926-11.264) | 11.576 (10.938-12.214) | |
a
MHE and NMHE columns describe patients who have been enrolled; the distinction between the 2 groups was based on the results of the Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy (PHES) score. bNumber (percentage with 95% confidence interval); cMean (95% confidence interval); dNon-alcoholic steatohepatitis 10 patients, Budd Chiari syndrome 1, and cryptogenic cirrhosis in 15 patients.