Nutritional status in non-alcoholic subclinical porto-systemic encephalopathy

Table 1 Vital and laboratory data of cirrhotic patients with and without SPSE

	Controls ( ) (n = 20)	SPSE
		(-) (n = 27)	(+) (n = 24)
Age (yrs)	53 ± 13	57 ± 9	59 ± 12
Sex (M/F)	14/6	16/11	18/6
Total bilirubin (mg/L)	8.5 ± 5.1	22.2 ± 18.8a	64.9 ± 106.0bc
Albumin (g/L)	39 ± 7	31 ± 7a	28 ± 5bc
ALT (IU/L)	19 ± 9	60 ± 76a	89 ± 100a
Prolonged prothrombin time (s)	0.9 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 1.5a	2.8 ± 1.9bc
Indocyanine green clearance (%)	4 ± 3	27 ± 19b	35 ± 17bc
Ammonia (μmol/ L)	15.7 ± 7.14	29.3 ± 15.7	32.8 ± 14.3
Child Pugh (A/B/C)		17/6/4	8/11/5b
N20-N65 inter peak latencies (ms)	40.2 ± 3.0	45.9 ± 8.5	50.2 ± 9.6bd

^aP < 0.01, compared with control subjects;

^bP < 0.001, compared with control subjects;

^cP < 0.05, compared with cirrhotic patients without SPSE, and

^dP < 0.001, compared with cirrhotic patients without SPSE.