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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: The impact of serum thyroid-stimulation hormone levels on the outcome of hepatitis B virus related acute-on-chronic liver failure: an observational study

Characteristic

Survivor Group (for 90 days) (n = 1006)

Non-survivor Group (for 90 days) (n = 856)

P value

Age, y

41.0 (33.0,50.0)

49.0 (41.0, 58.0)

 < 0.001

Sex

Male

901 (89.6)

755 (88.2)

0.351

Female

105 (10.4)

101 (11.8)

WBC (× 109/L)

7.21 (5.60, 9.08)

7.85 (5.76, 10.59)

 < 0.001

Hb (g/L)

124.0 (110.0,136.3)

120.0 (102.0, 134.0)

 < 0.001

PLT (× 109/L)

121.0 (88.0, 158.3)

102.0 (66.0,143.0)

 < 0.001

ALT (U/L)

368.5 (118.8, 900.5)

322.0 (101.0, 848.0)

0.178

AST (U/L)

219.5 (112.8, 503.5)

257.0 (128.3, 609.5)

0.005

ALB (g/L)

33.0 (30.1, 35.7)

31.8 (29.0, 34.6)

 < 0.001

GLB (g/L)

27.9 (23.9, 32.3)

28.5 (24.2, 33.3)

0.088

TBil (µmol/L)

338.7 (256.2, 438.9)

412.3 (307.1, 527.9)

 < 0.001

INR

2.12 (1.83, 2.56)

2.82 (2.21, 3.70)

 < 0.001

Na (mmol/L)

137.4 (135.0, 139.5)

136.0 (132.4, 138.7)

 < 0.001

Cr (µmol/L)

69.0 (61.0, 79.2)

73.1 (62.0, 92.0)

 < 0.001

AFP (ng/mL)

78.6 (29.5, 193.8)

29.8 (10.5, 95.1)

 < 0.001

TSH (µIU/mL)

0.525 (0.188, 1.137)

0.265 (0.092, 0.720)

 < 0.001

HBeAg

Positive

364 (36.2)

233 (27.2)

 < 0.001

Negative

642 (63.8)

623 (72.8)

HBV DNA (IU/mL, log10)

5.12 (3.67, 6.53)

5.28 (3.70, 6.91)

0.191

MELD score

24 (22, 27)

29 (25, 33)

 < 0.001

MELD-Na score

24.6 (22.2, 27.5)

30.5 (25.9, 36.2)

 < 0.001

CTP score

10 (9,11)

11 (10, 12)

 < 0.001

Pre-existing chronic liver diseases

Chronic hepatitis

517 (51.4)

243 (28.4)

 < 0.001

Cirrhosis

489 (48.6)

613 (71.6)

Ascite

None

418 (41.6)

312 (36.4)

 < 0.001

Grade 1–2

490 (48.7)

392 (45.8)

Grade 3

98 (9.7)

152 (17.8)

Hepatorenal Syndrome

No

997 (99.1)

790 (92.3)

 < 0.001

Yes

9 (0.9)

66 (7.7)

Hepatic Encephalopathy

None

915 (91.0)

592 (69.2)

 < 0.001

Grade 1–2

81 (8.1)

220 (25.7)

Grade 3–4

10 (1.0)

44 (5.1)

Gastrointestinal Bleeding

No

1001 (99.5)

835 (97.5)

 < 0.001

Yes

5 (0.5)

21 (2.5)

Infection

No

Yes

361 (35.9)

645 (64.1)

168 (19.6)

688 (80.4)

 < 0.001

Antivirus Drug

None

43 (4.3)

96 (11.2)

 < 0.001

LAM

31 (3.1)

29 (3.4)

ADV

4 (0.4)

3 (0.4)

ETV

831 (82.6)

658 (76.9)

TDF

43 (4.3)

26 (3.0)

Ldt

17 (1.7)

9 (1.1)

Combination therapy

37 (3.7)

35 (4.1)

  1. Demographics and clinical data were expressed as No. (%) or median and 25th-75th percentiles
  2. ADV adefovir dipivoxil; AFP alpha fetal protein; ALB albumin; ALT alanine aminotransferase; AST glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; Cr serum creatinine; CTP Child-Turcotte-Pugh; ETV entecavir; GLB globulin; Hb hemoglobin; HBeAg hepatitis B e antigen; HBV hepatitis B virus; INR international normalized ratio; LAM lamivudine; Ldt telbivudine; MELD Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; MELD-Na Model for End-Stage Liver Disease with the addition of the Na level; Na serum sodiun; PLT platelet; TBil total bilirubin; TDF tenofovir; TSH thyroid-stimulation hormone; WBC white blood cell