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Table 2 Comparison of Short Form 12 Questionnaire (SF-12) among MELD score

From: Health-related quality of life in outpatients with chronic liver disease: a cross-sectional study

 

MELD score*

All patients (N = 254)

P-valuea

Class I (N = 178)

Mean (SD)

Class II (N = 76)

Mean (SD)

Class III (N = 6)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

PCS-12b

45.13 (10.40)

42.94 (10.22)

38.49 (12.00)

44.31 (10.43)

0.080

MCS-12c

45.49 (11.51)

44.62 (12.25)

43.02 (14.65)

45.17 (11.78)

0.810

  1. *MELD score using the original mathematical formula: 9.57 × loge(creatinine) + 3.78 × Loge(total bilirubin) + 11.2 × Loge(INR) + 6.43 [21]. Patients were categorized into three groups, as proposed by Wiesner and colleagues [27], where a higher MELD score indicates a worse degree of liver disease: class I (≤ 9), class II (10–19), class III (20–29)
  2. aKruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks
  3. bPhysical Component Summary scale (PCS-12)
  4. cMental Component Summary scale (MCS-12)
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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