Anxiety and depression propensities in patients with acute toxic liver injury

Figure 1 The anxiety and depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale, Beck anxiety inventory, Beck depression inventory and the hypochondriasis scores among the study groups. A: Group 3 showed the highest score, but there was no significant difference in the HADS anxiety subscale between groups; B: The HADS depression subscale in Group 3 showed the most significant score; C: The BAI in Group 3 showed the most significant score; D: The BDI in Group 3 showed the most significant score; E: Group 3 showed a significantly higher hypochondriasis score. Group 1: Control group; Group 2: Non-toxic acute liver injury group; Group 3: Toxic acute liver injury group involving toxic hepatitis. NS: Non significant; HADS: Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale; BAI: Beck anxiety inventory; BDI: Beck depression inventory. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 vs Group 1; ^cP < 0.05, ^dP < 0.01 vs Group 2. P value by the Mann-Whitney U test.