Nutritional care in hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease

Table 2 Characteristics of hospitalised patients assessed by dietician n (%)

Variable	No nutritional assessment(n = 100)	Nutritional assessment(n = 131)	P value
Gender	75M; 25F	92M; 39F	0.46
Age	57.6 ± 1.3	55.3 ± 1.2	0.23
Aetiology-alcohol	66 (66)	99 (76)	0.14
Child-Pugh score	9.1 ± 0.9	9.9 ± 0.2	0.01
MELD score	16.6 ± 0.8	17.4 ± 0.6	0.20
Ascites	63 (63)	102 (78)	0.02
Hepatic encephalopathy	35 (35)	53 (40)	0.40
Albumin	26.3 ± 0.7	23.1 ± 0.4	0.004
Bilirubin	71.4 ± 10.6	87.1 ± 9.6	0.15
INR	1.6 ± 0.05	1.7 ± 0.05	0.43
Median LOS	5 (1-116)	9 (1-100)	0.09
Admission with variceal bleeding	15 (15)	15 (11)	0.44
28-d mortality	12 (12)	19 (15)	0.55
In-hospital mortality	12 (12)	21 (16)	0.45

MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; INR: International normalised ratio; LOS: Length of stay.