Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	PleurX Group (n = 6)	LVP Group (n = 7)
Age	68 (57–77)	68 (48–75)	0.47
Gender (M/F)	1/6	5/2	NA
Child–Pugh score	9 (8–10)	9 (8–12)	0.56
Etiology (Alcohol/Nash/Hep B)	5/2/0	5/1/1	NA
Meld-sodium score	11 (8–25)	18 (11–33)	0.07
Diuretics, number of patients Furosemide daily dose (mg) Spironolactone daily dose (mg)	6 160 (0–160) 50 (0–300)	5 40 (0–160) 0 (0–200)	NA NA
Prior paracentesis interval (days)	8 (7–12)	7 (5–14)	0.75
Albumin (g/L) Sodium (mmol/L) Creatinine (µmol/L) Bilirubin (µmol/L) International normalized ratio	30 (23–32) 127 (124–137) 66 (54–81) 24 (16–49) 1,4 (1,1–1,8)	27 (21–31) 135 (122–146) 116 (73–133) 35 (7–249) 1,5 (1,1–2,0)	0.85 0.27 0.03 0.19 0.20

Results are stated in median and ranges. Non-parametric T-test (Mann–Whitney) is used to compare groups.