Anxiety and depression propensities in patients with acute toxic liver injury

Table 3 The number of cases with scores of 8 or higher on the Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale and 21 or higher on the Beck anxiety inventory and Beck depression inventory in each groups n (%)

Scale	Group 1 (n = 125)	Group 2 (n = 124)	Group 3 (n = 126)	P value
Anxiety subscale of HADS
No. of ≥ 8 scores	20 (16.0)	23 (18.5)	32 (25.3)	0.157
Depression subscale of HADS
No. of ≥ 8 scores	33 (26.4)	44 (35.4)	57 (45.2)	0.008
BAI
No. of ≥ 21 scores	7 (5.6)	17 (13.7)	13 (10.3)	0.098
BDI
No. of ≥ 21 scores	6 (4.8)	10 (8.0)	19 (15.0)	0.017

Group 1: Control group; Group 2: Non-toxic acute liver injury group; Group 3: Toxic acute liver injury group involving toxic hepatitis. P value by the χ² test. HADS: Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale; BAI: Beck anxiety inventory; BDI: Beck depression inventory.