Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2019.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2019; 25(15): 1879-1889
Published online Apr 21, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i15.1879
Table 2 Baseline comparison between patients with different albumin-bilirubin grades
VariableALBI ≤ -1.48 (n = 173)ALBI > -1.48 (n = 85)P-value
Demographic feature
Age (yr)47 (39-55)47 (38-56)0.926
Male (Y/N)138/3568/170.965
Coexisting condition
Smoking (Y/N)52/12126/590.931
Drinking (Y/N)26/14718/670.217
Hypertension (Y/N)13/1606/790.895
Diabetes (Y/N)15/15812/730.179
Etiology0.025
HCC (Y/N)71/10216/69< 0.001
Viral hepatitis14357
Alcoholic cirrhosis44
PBC and AIH912
Other1712
Hepatic feature
MELD score14 (10-18)23 (17.5-28)< 0.001
Child grade A/B/C42/80/511/14/70< 0.001
Preoperative laboratory value
RBC (1012/L)3.40 (2.90-4.15)2.94 (2.49-3.32)< 0.001
HGB (g/L)105.0 (88.0-130.0)95.00 (86.5-107.0)0.001
PLT (109/L)59.0 (38.5-103.0)45.0 (28.5-72.5)0.002
WBC (109/L)3.71 (2.55-5.36)4.31 (2.84-7.38)0.084
NEUT (109/L)2.33 (1.67-3.74)2.86 (1.80-5.90)0.044
LYMPH (109/L)0.70 (0.45-1.15)0.60 (0.41-0.95)0.189
MONO (109/L)0.28 (0.18-0.45)0.38 (0.22-0.57)0.011
AFP (μg/L)4.74 (2.73-16.30)3.50 (2.22-6.23)0.032
ALT (U/L)32.00 (22.00-47.00)38.00 (23.57-67.06)0.042
AST (U/L)41.50 (29.00-59.00)54.52 (34.05-102.00)0.001
TBIL (μmol/L)32.75 (17.67-54.83)105.48 (51.72-314.33)< 0.001
DBIL (μmol/L)11.70 (5.87-27.00)50.70 (19.70-192.23)< 0.001
ALB (g/L)37.20 (34.50-41.99)29.83 (26.95-32.11)< 0.001
BUN (mmol/L)4.39 (3.59-6.21)5.07 (3.87-7.32)0.077
CRE (μmol/L)58.00 (48.00-68.85)61.88 (48.15-82.00)0.199
GLU (mmol/L)5.60 (4.91-6.91)6.06 (5.03-8.40)0.062
PT (s)17.20 (15.05-19.15)20.70 (18.05-24.30)< 0.001
APTT (s)42.40 (39.15-47.70)49.10 (43.25-54.75)< 0.001
INR1.41 (1.20-1.60)1.74 (1.49-2.27)< 0.001
ALBI: Albumin-bilirubin; MELD: Model for end stage liver disease; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis; RBC: Red blood cells; HGB: Hemoglobin; PLT: Platelets; WBC: White blood cells; NEUT: Neutrophil granulocytes; LYMPH: Lymphocytes; MONO: Monocytes; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; TBIL: Total bilirubin; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; ALB: Albumin; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; CRE: Creatinine; GLU: Glucose; PT: Prothrombin time; APTT: Activated partial thromboplastin time; INR: International normalized ratio.