Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics and comparison of ACLF, CLD and Healthy controls.

Variables	ACLF (n = 10)	CLD (n =4 )	HC (n = 4)
Age/ years (Mean ± S.D.)	44 (± 16)	33(± 9)	44 (± 9)
Gender (male)	10	4	2
Etiology chronic	Alcohol (4), AIH (3), Others (2), Cryptogenic (1), Viral (0)	Viral (2), Alcoholic (2)	–
Etiology acute	Alcohol (2), Sepsis (3), AIH (1), AIH + sepsis (1), HEV + alcohol (1), Unknown causes (2)	–	–

ACLF=Acute-on-chronic liver failure, CLD=Chronic liver disease, HC=Healthy Control, AIH= Autoimmune hepatitis, HEV= Hepatitis E virus