Nutritional care in hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of hospitalised patients with liver cirrhosis n (%)

Variable	n = 231
Gender	167 M; 64 F
Age (yr)	56.3 ± 0.9
Aetiology
Alcohol	130 (56)
Alcohol and HCV	28 (12)
HCV	23 (10)
NAFLD	19 (8)
Others	31 (14)
Child-Pugh classification
Childs A	21 (9)
Childs B	96 (42)
Childs C	114 (49)
MELD Score	17.0 ± 0.5
Ascites	135 (71)
Hepatic encephalopathy	88 (38)
Albumin	24.9 ± 0.3
Bilirubin	80.3 ± 7.1
INR	1.6 ± 0.04
Median LOS (d)	7 (1-116)
Admission with variceal bleeding	30 (13)
28-d mortality	31 (13)
In-hospital mortality	33 (14)

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; NAFLD: Non-alcoholic liver disease; MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; INR: International normalised ratio; LOS: Length of stay.