Prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy and quality of life evaluations in hospitalized cirrhotic patients in China

Table 3 Health-related quality of life scales for various Child-Pugh classes

	CPC-A	CPC-B	CPC-C	P value
Physical functioning	16.77 ± 5.07	18.94 ± 6.35	20.82 ± 6.33	< 0.01
Psychological well-being	14.43 ± 5.46	15.03 ± 5.93	16.39 ± 6.38	0.02
Symptom/side effects	12.12 ± 5.33	13.56 ± 5.21	16.45 ± 6.05	< 0.01
Social functioning	9.03 ± 2.53	9.60 ± 2.75	10.37 ± 2.58	< 0.01
Self evaluation about general-health	9.20 ± 2.59	9.46 ± 2.74	10.02 ± 2.52	0.02
Total pooled score	61.13 ± 17.24	65.50 ± 19.31	71.61 ± 21.01	< 0.01

CPC: Child-Pugh-Classification.