Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with cirrhosis for Study 1.

	Total (n = 193)	Group A1 (n = 55)	Group NA (n = 138)	P value
Gender (male/female)	117/76	47/8	70/68	.002
Age∗	68 ± 10	66 ± 10	70 ± 9	.02
Child-Pugh classification (A/B/C)	133/53/7	37/16/2	96/37/5	.01
Etiology (alcohol/HCV/HBV/others)	55/72/27/39	55/0/0/0	0/72/27/39	–
Sarcopenia/non-sarcopenia	50/143	15/40	35/103	.93
Ascites grade 0/1/2/3	156/32/5/0	45/7/2/1	111/24/3/0	.45
Hepatic encephalopathy grade 0/1/2/3	151/27/5/0	43/9/3/0	118/18/2/0	.46
BMI (kg/m2)∗	23.6 ± 4.1	24.1 ± 5.0	23.5 ± 3.4	.23
PT (%)∗	75 ± 15	71 ± 16	80 ± 13	.03
Alb (g/dL)∗	3.7 ± 0.4	3.7 ± 0.05	3.7 ± 0.5	.73
T-Bil (mg/dL)	1.0 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.2	.73
T-Cho (mg/dL)∗	163 ± 45	164 ± 46	163 ± 43	.85
Ch-E (U/L)∗	195 ± 84	194 ± 79	197 ± 85	.78
TG (mg/dL)∗	91 ± 52	85 ± 45	95 ± 54	.34
BTR (μmol/L)∗	4.5 ± 2.1	4.7 ± 2.0	4.5 ± 1.7	.71
Ammonia (μg/dL)∗	45 ± 25	44 ± 26	48 ± 24	.42
EA levels∗	0.27 ± 0.14	0.29 ± 013	0.26 ± 013	.20