Validation of the chronic liver disease questionnaire in Serbian patients

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic liver disease n (%)

Characteristics	Statistics
Age1 (yr)	53.8 ± 12.9
Gender
Male	56 (54.4)
Female	47 (45.6)
Education
Unqualified2	6 (5.8)
Primary school	18 (17.5)
Secondary school	43 (41.7)
High school	17 (16.5)
University	18 (17.5)
Missing data	1 (1.0)
Current employment status
Employed	29 (28.2)
Unemployed	25 (24.3)
Retired	49 (47.5)
Profession
Housewife	13 (12.6)
Peasant	3 (2.9)
Worker	40 (38.8)
Official	21 (20.4)
Expert	21 (20.4)
Missing data	5 (4.9)
Marital status
Single	15 (14.6)
Married/cohabiting	68 (66.0)
Separated/divorced	13 (12.6)
Widowed	7 (6.8)
Alcohol consumption	56 (54.4)
Smoker	32 (31.1)
Disease severity
Non cirrhotic	23 (22.3)
Cirrhotic Child’s A	25 (24.3)
Cirrhotic Child’s B	30 (29.1)
Cirrhotic Child’s C	25 (24.3)
Etiology
Alcoholic	36 (35.0)
Viral	16 (15.5)3
Autoimmune/cholestatic	29 (28.2)
Other	22 (21.3)

¹mean ± SD;

²Without primary school;

³Four patients with hepatitis B surface antigen positive chronic liver disease (CLD) and 12 patients with anti-hepatitis C virus positive CLD.