Table 1 Characteristics of the patients’ cohort.
From: MicroRNA-155 is upregulated in ascites in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Patient cohort | |
|---|---|
Patient number [n] | 72 |
Age [years ] | 62 (56; 69) |
Male sex [n] | 49 (72) |
Aetiology of cirrhosis: | |
-Alcohol | 48 (67) |
-Viral hepatitis | 9 (13) |
-Alcohol + viral Hepatitis | 3 (4) |
-Other | 12 (16) |
Child-Pugh-Score A/B/C [n] | 1 (1)/33 (46)/38 (53) |
MELD score | 17 (13; 24) |
Medium-large esophageal varices [n] | 20 (28) |
History of variceal bleeding [n] | 18 (27) |
History of hepatorenal syndrome [n] | 58 (85) |
Previous SBP [n] | 24 (33) |
Hepatocellular carcinoma [n] | 14 (19) |
Bilirubin [mg/dl] | 2.0 (1; 3.7) |
Creatinine [mg/dl] | 1.6 (1; 2.5) |
International normalized ratio | 1.3 (1.1; 1.5) |
Platelets [G/L] | 150 (112; 228) |
Sodium [mmol/L] | 136 (133; 140) |
Ascites total protein [g/L] | 11 (7; 24) |
Specimens - without infection/bacterascites/SBP [n] | 62 (82)/4 (5)/10 (13) |
miR-125b [2−ΔCT 10−3] | 0.2 (0.06; 0.4) |
miR-155 [2−ΔCT 10−3] | 0.03 (0.01; 0.06) |
