Factors influencing health-related quality of life in chronic liver disease

Table 1 Baseline data of chronic liver disease and normal groups

Variable	Chronic liver disease	Normal group	P
n	250	50
Age (Mean ± SD, yr)	49.1 ± 8.5	47.9 ± 12.0	0.65
Sex
Male	160 (64.0%)	28 (56.0%)	0.33
Marital status1
Single	71/238 (29.8%)	9/49 (18.4%)	0.07
Educational level1
< Bachelor degree	165/237 (69.6%)	30/50 (60.0%)	0.12
Career1
Unemployed	61/231 (26.4%)	3/46 (6.5%)	< 0.01
Blue-collar	37/231 (16.0%)	1/46 (2.2%)
White-collar	133/231 (57.6%)	42/46 (91.3%)
Financial burden1
Present	87/238 (36.6%)	22/50 (44.0%)	0.20
Self-rating health perception1
Poor health perception	61/238 (25.6%)	4/50 (8.0%)	< 0.01
Disease severity
Chronic hepatitis	135/250 (54.0%)
Child’s class A cirrhosis	59/250 (23.6%)
Child’s class B cirrhosis	40/250 (16.0%)
Child’s class C cirrhosis	16/250 (6.4%)
Causes of chronic liver disease
Viral hepatitis B	99 (39.6%)
Viral hepatitis C	48 (19.2%)
Alcohol	43 (17.2%)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	27 (10.8%)
Others	33 (13.2%)

¹Incomplete data.