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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients of the 43 patients with AH versus 15 patients without AH

From: White cell count and platelet count associate with histological alcoholic hepatitis in jaundiced harmful drinkers

 

AH (n = 43)

No AH (n = 15)

p-value

Age (yrs)

44.8 ± 8.5 (27–74)

47.3 ± 4.7 (41–54)

0.2997

White cell count (× 109/L)

16.2 ± 10.5 (2.8–58.8)

6.9 ± 3.5 (3.1–15.1)

0.0001

Platelet Count (× 109/L)

178 ± 81 (23–130)

98.4 ± 43 (34–160)

0.0005

Bilirubin (μmol/L)

431 ± 195 (143–876)

307 ± 194 (83–599)

0.1797

Alkaline Phosphatase (U/L)

179.2 ± 64 (78–317)

128.2 ± 51.5 (79–175)

0.1628

AlanineTransaminase (U/L)

41.6 ± 23.4 (11–139)

36.3 ± 19.2 (16–59)

0.1583

Prothrombin Time (secs)

26.0 ± 5.6 (20–47)

25.0 ± 6.2 (18–35)

0.6917

Child Pugh Score

12.0 ± 1.3 (9–14)

11.5 ± 2.4 (7–14)

0.8189

Discriminant Function

74.7 ± 29.6 (37–191)

76.2 ± 33.6 (34–128)

0.7954

Albumin (g/L)

28 ± 4.4 (19–40)

27.6 ± 6.2 (20–37)

0.9150

Creatinine (μmol/L)

185 ± 207 (52–1064)

130 ± 119 (52–371)

0.1653

Male/Female Ratio

1.13

2

 
  1. Plus-minus values are means + -SD. Ranges are shown in the parentheses.