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Table 5 Comparison of Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) among MELD score

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

BDI-II

MELD score*

All patients (N = 254)

P-valuea

Class I (N = 172)

Mean (SD)

Class II (N = 76)

Mean (SD)

Class III (N = 6)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Cognitive-affective symptoms

3.67 (4.58)

3.66 (4.93)

2.33 (4.76)

3.64 (4.68)

0.464

Somatic symptoms

6.10 (5.30)

7.18 (6.34)

9.33 (7.92)

6.50 (5.71)

0.332

  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
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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