Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of cases and controls.

From: Diabetes mellitus is a significant risk factor for the development of liver cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C patients

Variable

Liver cirrhosis N = 210

CHC-only N = 431

P

Male, N (%)

83 (39.5)

197 (45.7)

0.138

Age (years)

59.00 (53.00, 66.25)

57.00 (52.00, 63.00)

0.208

Diabetes, N (%)

45 (21.4)

62 (14.4)

0.025

Hypertension, N (%)

41 (19.5)

112 (26.0)

0.072

Gallstones, N (%)

60 (28.6)

59 (13.7)

<0.001

AST (IU/L)

60.00 (41.00, 92.73)

53.00 (31.00, 94.50)

0.009

ALT (IU/L)

50.00 (30.00, 79.65)

67.00 (30.00, 132.00)

0.002

GGT (IU/L)

47.05 (25.85, 85.40)

53.00 (25.00, 107.50)

0.214

ALP (IU/L)

90.80 (70.98, 124.50)

82.00 (65.00, 108.00)

0.002

TBil (umol/L)

27.40 (18.63, 48.55)

16.00 (11.50, 22.50)

<0.001

ALB (g/L)

31.00 (26.10, 35.73)

38.30 (35.30, 41.50)

<0.001

CHE (IU/L)

3378.50 (2267.50, 4978.00)

7011.00 (5300.00, 8289.00)

<0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.86 (0.65, 1.13)

1.14 (0.86, 1.59)

<0.001

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.48 (2.84, 4.10)

3.78 (3.28, 4.53)

<0.001

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.27 (4.82, 6.32)

5.29 (4.85, 5.95)

0.729

  1. Continuous variables are expressed as median (25th, 75th percentiles). Categorical variables are displayed as numbers and percentages.
  2. AST = aspartate aminotransferase, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, ALP = alkaline phosphatase, GGT = gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, TBil = total bilirubin, ALB = albumin, CHE = cholinesterase, CHC = chronic hepatitis C.
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