Clinical Research
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2004.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 1, 2004; 10(13): 1954-1957
Published online Jul 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i13.1954
Table 1 Clinical and demographic data
CharacteristicsNormalChronic hepatitisCirrhosisP-value
(n = 50)(n = 76)(n = 74)
mean ± SD, yr49.1 (8.5)43.1 (12.6)51.6 (8.9)0.00
Men, n (%)28 (56)49 (64.5)47 (63.5)0.60
Married, n (%)40 (81.6)46 (62.2)52 (81.3)0.01
Education, n (%)1
≥ Bachelor degree20 (40)29 (39.2)10 (15.6)0.004
Career, n (%)1
- White collar42 (91.3)44 (69.8)28 (50)0.00
- Blue collar1 (2.2)4 (6.3)9 (16)
- Unemployed3 (6.5)15 (23.8)19 (34)
Financial burden22 (44)30 (40.5)29 (45.3)0.84
(+), n (%)1
Etiologies, n (%)
- Viral hepatitis52 (68.4)41 (55.4)
- Alcohol4 (5.3)20 (27)0.00
- Viral hepatitis and alcohol2 (2.6)7 (9.5)
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease11 (14.5)2 (2.7)
- Others7 (9.2)4 (5.4)
Child-Pugh Classification, n (%)
- Child A37 (50)
- Child B26 (35)
- Child C11 (15)