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Table 4 Characteristics of cirrhotic patients

From: Normalisation of the psychometric encephalopathy score within the Cameroonian population

Variables

Patients with cirrhosis

Age (years, mean ± SD, range)

49.3 ± 15.6 [21–78]

(n = 50)

Gender (male/female)

29 (58%)/21 (42%)

Education (years, mean ± SD, range)

9.62 ± 3.9 (2–19)

(n = 50)

Aetiology of cirrhosis

 

 Viral hepatitis B

33 (66%)

 Viral hepatitis C

17 (34%)

Child–Pugh class

 

 A

26 (60.5%)

 B

12 (27.9%)

 C

5 (11.6%)

MELD score (score, mean ± SD, range)

10.7 ± 3.5 (6–18)

(n = 22)

Ascites (yes/no)

17 (34%)/33 (66%)

Jaundice (yes/no)

9 (18%)/41 (82%)

Previous spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (yes/no)

1 (2%)/49 (98%)

Previous overt HE (yes/no)

1 (2%)/49 (98%)

Previous GI tract hemorrhage (yes/no)

8 (16%)/42 (84%)

Creatinine (mg/dl, mean ± SD, range)

9.1 ± 3 (3–17.5)

(n = 42)

INR (Median, IQR)

1.19 [1.0–1.8]

(n = 20)

Albumin (g/l, mean ± SD, range)

34.4 ± 7 (19–45)

(n = 26)

Bilirubin (mg/dl, Median, IQR)

9.4 [1.1–68.0]

(n = 31)

ALT (IU/L, Median, IQR)

35.5 [11–155]

(n = 32)

  1. MELD model of end-stage liver disease, HE hepatic encephalopathy