Effect of amino acid-balanced diet-based nutritional-psychological intervention on muscle wasting and quality of life in cirrhosis patients

Table 1 Comparison of general data of two groups of patients, mean ± SD

Group	Examples	Gender (male/female)	Age (years)	Child-Pugh grading (A; B; C)	Cause (hepatitis B; hepatitis C; alcohol-related; other)
Control group	65	35/30	52.3 ± 8.5	20; 30; 15	35; 10; 15; 5
Observation group	65	33/32	51.8 ± 9.2	22; 28; 15	33; 12; 14; 6
t		0.135	0.335	0.246	0.374
P value		0.713	0.738	0.884	0.945