Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease

Figure 5 Overt hepatic encephalopathy, disease severity and 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Patients were stratified into those who had overt HE and those who did not. The combined data is presented in (A) and the sub groups of patients with OHE (B) and those without OHE (C). Vitamin D deficiency correlates with MELD score in both patients with and without OHE. Across the range of MELD scores from 10-30 patients with OHE (B) had significantly lower levels of 25-OHD than those who did not (C). 25-OHD: 25-hydroxyvitamin D; OHE: Overt hepatic encephalopathy; MELD: Model for end stage liver disease.