Clinical Study
Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in Outpatients with Cirrhosis: Results from a Prospective Cohort
Table 1
Patient characteristics at inclusion.
| | Variable | Mean ± SD (range)
(%) |
| | Followup (months) | 19.9 ± 16.0 (3–52) | | Male gender | 54 (59) | | Employed | 14 (15) | | Married or similar | 51 (55) | | Age (years) | 61.5 ± 8.7 (41–83) | | Alcoholic liver cirrhosis | 79 (86) | | Child-Pugh score | 6.8 ± 1.6 (5–12) | | Child-Pugh class A/B/C | 46/38/8 | | International normalized ratio | 1.28 ± 0.3 (0.9–3.1) | | ALT (international units) | 32 ± 25 (3–163) | | Creatinine (mol/L) | 86 ± 35 (43–221) | | Sodium (mmol/L) | 137 ± 6 (101–146) | | Ammonia (mol/L) | 37 ± 34 (0–91) | | Albumin (g/L) | 39 ± 6 (27–50) | | Ongoing alcohol abuse | 39 (42) | | Ascites present | 26 (28) | | Prior decompensation | | | Ascites | 59 (64) | | Hepatic encephalopathy | 21 (23) | | Varices | 41 (45) | | Prior variceal bleeding | 13 (14) | | Comorbidities | | | Lung disease | 11 (12) | | Heart disease* | 30 (33) | | Kidney disease | 12 (13) | | Diabetes | 18 (20) | | Prior malignancy | 8 (9) |
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includes arterial hypertension and atrial fibrillation. ALT: alanine
aminotransferase.
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