Table 1. Demographics of participants.

mmol/L: milimoles per liter, SD: standard deviation

Demographics	Hyperkalemia (n=101)	Normokalemia (n=399)	p-value
Age in years (mean ± SD)	51 ± 9	52 ± 8	0.27
Gender
Male	62 (61.3%)	239 (59.8%)	0.07
Female	39 (38.7%)	160 (40.2%)
Duration since diagnosis of cirrhosis (in months)	13 ± 4	12 ± 4	0.02
Mean serum potassium level (mmol/L)	5.9 ± 0.9	4.1 ± 0.4	<0.0001