MELD vs Child-Pugh and creatinine-modified Child-Pugh score for predicting survival in patients with decompensated cirrhosis

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 102 patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

Age (yr)	61 (27-89)
Sex, males	69 (68%)
Cause of cirrhosis
HBV	24 (23%)
HCV	17 (17%)
Alcohol	39 (38%)
PBC/PSC	7 (7%)
Unknown	15 (15%)
Cause of admission
Tense ascites	37 (36%)
Encephalopathy	17 (17%)
Variceal bleeding	16 (16%)
Jaundice	5 (5%)
Fever	11 (11%)
Other	16 (16%)
SBP on admission	9 (9%)
First sign of decompensation
Ascites	66 (65%)
Variceal bleeding	30 (29%)
Encephalopathy	5 (5%)
Jaundice	1 (1%)
Hematocrit (%)	33 (17-48)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11 (5-16)
White blood count (×109/L)	5.7 (1.2-23.9)
Platelet count (×109/L)	105 (19-394)
Prothrombin time (s)	16 (11-35)
INR	1.3 (0.9-3.3)
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.1 (0.5-3.7)
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.6 (0.3-33.9)
AST (IU/L)	72 (20-610)
ALT (IU/L)	44 (11-433)
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	101 (42-487)
GGT (U/L)	70 (10-1 165)
Albumin (g/dL)	3.2 (1.9-4.3)
Child class
A	13 (13%)
B	42 (41%)
C	47 (46%)
Child-Pugh score	9 (5-15)
Modified Child-Pugh score-I	10 (5-19)
Modified Child-Pugh score-II	10 (5-17)
MELD score	12 (-10-45)

HBV: hepatitis B virus, HCV: hepatitis C virus, PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis, PSC: primary sclerosing cholangitis, SBP: spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, INR: international normalized ratio, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, GGT: gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase, MELD: Model for End-stage Liver Disease. All quantitative variables are expressed as median values (range).