A study of the effects of saliva stimulation by nizatidine on dry mouth symptoms of primary biliary cirrhosis

Table 2 The effects of the administration of nizatidine on the nutritional condition, the hepatic functional reserve, and the long-term prognosis of primary biliary cirrhosis

	Nizatidine administration group (n = 27)			Nizatidine non-administration group (n = 46)
	Before administration	24 mo	P value	Before treatment	24 mo	P value
Alb	4.1 ± 0.3	4.2 ± 0.3	0.41	4.0 ± 0.4	4.1 ± 0.3	0.67
ChE	302.2 ± 68.5	314.0 ± 62.3	0.56	277.9 ± 64.0	286.5 ± 71.1	0.73
Child-Pugh score	5.1 ± 0.4	5.1 ± 0.4	0.59	5.0 ± 0.2	5.0 ± 0.2	0.99

Alb: Albumin; ChE: Cholinesterase.