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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics according to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

From: Usefulness of ascitic fluid lactoferrin levels in patients with liver cirrhosis

 

Total (n = 102)

No SBP (n = 78)

SBP (n = 24)

p-value

Age, years

54.5 (45.8–62.8)

53.0 (45.8–62.0)

55.5 (45.8–68.5)

0.376

Gender, male

73 (71.6 %)

59 (75.6 %)

14 (58.3 %)

0.123

Etiology

0.983

 Alcohol

66 (64.7 %)

50 (64.1 %)

16 (66.7 %)

 HBV

18 (17.6 %)

14 (17.9 %)

4 (16.7 %)

 HCV

12 (11.8 %)

9 (11.5 %)

3 (12.5 %)

 HBV + HCV

1 (1.0 %)

1 (1.3 %)

0 (0 %)

 Others

5 (4.9 %)

4 (5.1 %)

1 (4.2 %)

Child-Pugh score

11 (9–12)

11 (9–12)

11 (10–12)

0.089

Prior SBP

19 (18.6 %)

12 (15.4 %)

7 (29.2 %)

0.143

Ascitic fluid level

 Lactoferrin (ng/ml)

21.7 (0–100.1)

0.6 (0–54.5)

112.7 (91.5–139.8)

<0.001

 WBC (cells/ml)

151 (60–416)

100.5 (48.8–181.3)

1158 (538–5651)

<0.001

 PMN (cells/ml)

11.5 (4.0–98.0)

6.5 (3.0–16.3)

5695 (3660–9668)

<0.001

Serum level

 WBC (×1000/μl)

6.2 (4.7–9.8)

5.9 (5.0–8.9)

7.6 (5.5–11.8)

0.037

 PMN (×1000/μl)

3.9 (2.4–6.6)

3.7 (2.3–5.6)

5.7 (3.7–9.7)

0.006

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

9.3 (8.5–10.8)

9.3 (8.4–10.7)

9.2 (8.6–10.9)

0.862

 Platelet (×1000/μl)

82.0 (50.0–127.8)

90.5 (53.0–135.3)

60.0 (47.3–105.5)

0.053

 Albumin (g/dL)

2.5 (2.3–2.8)

2.6 (2.3–2.8)

2.5 (2.3–2.6)

0.190

 Bilirubin (g/dL)

3.8 (2.0–7.8)

3.6 (1.9–7.7)

4.4 (2.3–12.7)

0.289

 PT-INR

1.61 (1.35–2.23)

1.58 (1.33–2.07)

1.97 (1.49–2.39)

0.069

 CRP (mg/L)

13.9 (6.7–21.9)

11.0 (5.2–16.4)

30.7 (18.7–68.1)

<0.001

  1. Data are presented as the median (interquartile range) for continuous data and percentages for categorical data
  2. SBP spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, WBC White blood cells, PMN Polymorphonuclear cell, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, CRP C-reactive protein