Child-Pugh-Turcott versus Meld score for predicting survival in a retrospective cohort of black African cirrhotic patients

Table 2 Relationship between mortality and parameters

Parameters	Mortality
	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Death (%)	P	Hazard ratio (95% CI); P
Age (yr)1
≤ 48	23.90	0.023
> 48	40.00
Gender
Female	15.40	0.003
Male	38.30		1.8 [0.96 - 3.24]; P = 0.07
Child-Pugh-Turcott
A-B	21.60	0.016
C	38.80		3.3 [1.7 - 6.2]; P < 0.001
Serum creatine (mg/dL)
≤ 1.5	24.20	< 0.001
> 1.5	55.00		2.5 [1.4 - 4.3]; P = 0.001
MELD2
≤ 21	25.50	0.030
> 21	41.90		2.9 [1.63 - 5.21]; P < 0.001
Aetiology
Virus B or C	32.90	0.670
Both alcohol and virus3	40.20
Unknown	36.80

¹Median age;

²Through value of the MELD score significantly associated with mortality;

³Aetiology both virus and alcohol.