From: Extremity risk factors of sepsis for gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with liver cirrhosis
Year 2008–2012 Experience cohort (n = 342) | Year 2013–2016 Validation cohort (n = 300) | P value | |
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Recipient age | 54.5 ± 8.5 | 54.3 ± 8.6 | 0.848 |
Male sex, n (%) | 259 (75.7) | 204 (68.0) | 0.029 |
Body weight (kg) | 66.8 ± 11.7 | 67.5 ± 12.2 | 0.490 |
MELD score | 12.4 ± 6.1 | 11.9 ± 5.6 | 0.344 |
Child–Pugh score | 7.8 ± 2.4 | 7.6 ± 2.3 | 0.210 |
Child–Pugh classification, n (%) | 0.444 | ||
A | 116 (33.9) | 115 (38.3) | |
B | 136 (39.8) | 116 (38.7) | |
C | 90 (26.3) | 69 (23.0) | |
Primary liver disease, n (%) | |||
HBV | 160 (46.8) | 126 (42.0) | 0.224 |
HCV | 124 (36.3) | 97 (32.3) | 0.296 |
Alcoholic | 23 (6.7) | 50 (16.7) | < 0.001 |
HCC positive | 207 (60.5) | 164 (54.7) | 0.134 |
Ascites* > 1L, n (%) | 93 (27.2) | 93 (31.0) | 0.289 |
Hydrothorax, n (%) | 13 (3.8) | 10 (3.3) | 0.750 |
Prophylactic antibiotic, n (%) | 43 (12.6) | 300 (100) | < 0.001 |
Sepsis | 36 (10.5) | 4 (1.3) | < 0.001 |