Acute-on-chronic liver failure in a multi-ethnic Asian city: A comparison of patients identified by Asia-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver and European Association for the Study of the Liver definitions

Table 2 Outcome of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure n (%)

	APASL only (n = 14)	EASL only (n = 15)	Both (n = 49)	P value	Total (n = 78)
MELD score (mean-range)	27 (23-31)	18 (13-23)	25 (22-28)	0.020	24 (33-26)
Transplant	4 (28.6)	0	7 (14.6)	0.089	11 (14.3)
Mortality (during admission)	4 (28.6)	8 (53.3)	33 (67.3)	0.033	45 (57.7)
Three month mortality	5 (35.7)	8 (53.3)	35 (71.4)	0.041	48 (61.5)

P value of comparison of patients falling under APASL, EASL and both criteria. APASL: Asia-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver; EASL: European Association for the Study of the Liver.