Clinical Research
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2005; 11(9): 1356-1360
Published online Mar 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i9.1356
Table 1 Characteristics of the 57 patients at base line (mean±SD).
VariablesMaleFemaleAll
n263157
Age (yr)62.0±11.466.0±10.064.2±10.8
Etiology (HCV/HBV/Alcohol/PBC)23/2/1/027/2/1/150/4/2/1
Child-Pugh (A/B/C)23/3/029/2/052/5/0
BMI23.7±2.222.0±2.722.8±2.6
Albumin (g/dL)3.38±0.493.57±0.473.48±0.48
Bilirubin (mg/dL)1.31±0.641.09±0.491.19±0.57
AST (U/L)87.2±71.776.0±55.181.1±62.9
ALT (U/L)77.7±72.364.9±70.170.7±70.8
Cholesterol (mg/dL)155.3±38.2156.3±27.3155.9±32.3
ChE (mg/dL)83.0±32.292.0±38.988.0±36.0
Platelet (×104/L)9.1±3.810.9±6.510.1±5.5