Table 1.

Characteristics of the study subjects.

Parameters	Healthy	Hepatic encephalopathy	Nonhepatic encephalopathy
	n = 26	(HE) n = 30	(NHE) n = 33
Ages (years)	54 (17)	58 (13)	62 (10)
Sex (M%)	92%	100%	94%
BMI (kg/m2)	21.9 (2.2)	23.5 (3.9)	23.2 (4.1)
Blood ammonia (μmol/L)	22.0 (19.3)	85.5 (36.5)	29.0 (28.5)
MELD score		20.4 (6.7)	16.5 (7.5)

Continuous data are presented as median (interquartile range) and categorical data as n (%). MELD, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease.