Nutritional status in non-alcoholic subclinical porto-systemic encephalopathy

Table 2 Vital and laboratory data of cirrhotic patients in Child-Pugh classes A, B and C

	Child-Pugh
	A (n = 25)	B (n = 17)	C (n = 9)
Age (yrs)	59 ± 9	61 ± 6	50 ± 11
Sex (M/F)	16/9	11/6	7/2
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	15.4 ± 6.8	27.4 ± 12.9a	148.8 ± 109.4ab
Albumin (g/dL)	34 ± 5	26 ± 3a	24 ± 2a
ALT (IU/L)	58 ± 56	103 ± 59	102 ± 83
Prolonged prothrombin time (s)	1.5 ± 0.9	2.3 ± 1.1a	4.6 ± 1.5ab
Ammonia (μmol/L)	27.8 ± 10.0	29.3 ±14.3	34.4 ± 7.9
Indocyanine green clearance (%)	20 ± 17	35 ± 12c	45 ± 9a
N20-N65 inter peak latencies (ms)	45.9 ± 8.5	50.2 ± 7.4	48.0 ± 3.7

^aP < 0.001, compared with Child-Pugh class A;

^bP < 0.001, compared with Child-Pugh class B;

^cP < 0.05, compared with Child-Pugh class A.