Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of patients

From: Sensitivity and specificity of plasma disappearance rate of indocyanine green as a prognostic indicator in acute liver failure

Variables

All (n = 25)

Spontanous recovery (n = 18)

No spontanous recovery (n = 7)

P*

Mean age ± SD

42.1 ± 19.0

38.3 ± 19.4

51.7 ± 15.2

0.090

Sex (% male)

24.0

22.2

28.6

0.744

Mean bilirubin [mg/dL ± SD]

10.2 ± 10.7

6.6 ± 6.5

19.2 ± 14.3

0.079

Mean creatinine [mg/dL ± SD]

1.3 ± 2.2

0.7 ± 0.3

2.7 ± 3.9

0.061

Mean INR ± SD

2.4 ± 1.3

1.9 ± 0.4

3.9 ± 1.6

< 0.001

Mean AST [U/L ± SD]

3244.7 ± 3600.9

2903.0 ± 3625.9

4123.4 ± 3655.9

0.333

Mean ALT [U/L ± SD]

2893.9 ± 2282.9

2772.8 ± 2449.6

3205.3 ± 1920.4

0.397

MELD score ± SD

22.9 ± 8.1

18.8 ± 4.8

33.4 ± 3.7

< 0.001

KCH criteria (% fulfilled)

36.0

16.7

85.7

< 0.001

APACHE II

9.1 ± 6.3

7.0 ± 3.9

14.4 ± 8.3

0.042

  1. *Statistical significance of differences between ALF patients with and without spontanous recovery.
  2. Abbreviations: INR, international normalized ratio; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; KCH, King's College Hospital; and SD, standard deviation.