Prevalence of subclinical hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients in China

Table 4 Multivariate logistic analysis for risk factors in cirrhotic group

	n	NCT	DST	SHE(%)	p2	OR
Sex					0.494	0.9
Male	344	67.4 ± 42.1	8.6 ± 2.8	51.2
Female	65	72.4 ± 36.0	8.7 ± 2.6	52.3
p1		0.367	0.266	0.866
Smoking					0.903	1.0
Yes	288	6.2 ± 38.7	8.6 ± 2.6	51.0
No	121	672.8 ± 46.4	8.3 ± 2.9	52.1
p1		0.145	0.358	0.850
Etiology					0.430	0.8
Alcohol	59	71.3 ± 40.1	8.0 ± 2.6	54.2
Non-alcohol	350	67.7 ± 41.4	8.6 ± 2.9	51.0
p1		0.541	0.153	0.646
Education (yr)					0.390	0.9
< 6	72	92.8 ± 50.0	6.9 ± 2.4	51.4
6-12	199	69.6 ± 41.1	8.2 ± 2.6	55.3
> 12	138	53.3 ± 27.6	9.7 ± 2.9	45.3
p1		0.001	0.001	0.221
Age (yr)					0.779	1.0
< 35	52	46.1 ± 19.2	10.8 ± 2.8	51.9
35-44	73	51.4 ± 26.5	9.4 ± 2.7	52.1
45-54	107	59.3 ± 30.8	8.9 ± 2.5	49.5
55-64	87	71.1 ± 41.8	7.8 ± 2.5	50.0
> 65	90	102.3 ± 48.8	6.7 ± 2.3	57.8
p1		0.001	0.001	0.617
Child-Pugh					0.001	2.0
A	188	58.5 ± 34.9	9.3 ± 2.8	39.9%
B	143	72.8 ± 41.2	8.1 ± 2.8	55.2%
C	78	83.1 ± 49.1	7.4 ± 2.6	71.8%
p1		0.001	0.001	0.001

p1: P value within groups. p2: P value among groups in logistic analysis.