Gutuo Jiejiu decoction improves survival of patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis: A retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Observation group	Controlgroup	P value
Age (yr)	50.50 ± 9.84	52.18 ± 10.31	0.347
Alcohol intake (g/d)	142.60 ± 46.00	140.72 ± 42.95	0.994
Leukocytes (× 109/L)	6.36 ± 3.35	5.55 ± 1.86	0.207
Neutrophils (× 109/L)	4.21 ± 2.60	3.58 ± 1.35	0.158
Hemoglobin (g/L)	102.49 ± 23.90	107.75 ± 16.46	0.249
Platelets (× 109/L)	88.00 ± 39.91	83.35 ± 28.20	0.613
Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)	11.86 ± 2.19	12.26 ± 2.20	0.232
Sodium (mmol/L)	135.93 ± 8.31	136.18 ± 5.56	0.616
Albumin (g/L)	29.27 ± 5.97	30.34 ± 5.75	0.303
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	89.73 ± 33.50	95.49 ± 47.97	0.727
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	76.41 ± 27.06	85.72 ± 28.86	0.055
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	173.04 ± 74.21	185.15 ± 71.61	0.225
Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L)	148.40 ± 88.04	159.42 ± 84.30	0.301
Prothrombin time (s)	21.69 ± 1.50	21.46 ± 1.76	0.173
International normalized ratio	1.92 ± 0.13	1.95 ± 0.16	0.173
Maddrey’s discriminant function	40.63 ± 6.69	39.97 ± 7.72	0.226
Child-Turcotte-Pugh	10.56 ± 1.36	10.40 ± 1.26	0.555