Table 1 Patients’ demographic and main clinical baseline characteristics.

From: Prognostic significance of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms in liver cirrhosis

 

Mean

Range

Age (years)

60.74

29–84

 

N

Percentage (%)

Sex (M/F)

60/29

67.4/32.6

Etiology of liver cirrhosis

N

Percentage (%)

Alcohol consumption

32

36.4

HBV ± HDV infection

29

32.5

HCV infection

10

10.4

Cryptogenic cirrhosis

6

6.5

Autoimmune hepatitis

5

5.2

Primary biliary cirrhosis

3

3.9

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

2

2.6

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

1

1.3

HBV infection + HCV infection

1

1.3

 

Median (IQR)

Vitamin D levels (ng/mL)

21.1 (14.7, 31.6)

Hb (g/dL)

12.7 (11.2, 13.8)

Plt (K/uL)

117.5 (66, 160)

INR

1.3 (1.1, 1.6)

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 (0.7, 1.1)

SGPT (U/L)

31.0 (21.0, 58.0)

G-GT (U/L)

54.0 (29.0, 109.0)

ALP (U/L)

101.5 (76.0, 142.0)

Albumin (g/dL)

3.6 (3.0, 4.0)

Total Bilirubin (mg/dL)

1.3 (0.7, 2.5)

K (mmol/L)

4.3 (3.9, 4.7)

Na (mmol/L)

138.4 (135.2, 141.0)

Ca (mmol/L)

9.0 (8.6, 9.4)

Mg (mmol/L)

1.9 (1.6, 2.1)

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

130.0 (115.0, 150.0)

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

75.0 (70.0, 80.0)

CP score

6.0 (5.0, 9.0)

MELD

11.0 (8.0, 15.5)

VDBP (µg/mL)

160.8 (99.3, 257.9)

IL-12 (pg/mL)

7.5 (2.1, 8.7)

TNF-a (pg/mL)

4.7 (1.2, 5.7)

IL-1β (pg/mL)

8.0 (3.1, 11.6)

IL-6 (pg/mL)

7.8 (4.3, 22.0)

IL-8 (pg/mL)

35.7 (20.6, 90.7)

IL-10 (pg/mL)

3.9 (3.1, 4.7)

LBP (μg/mL)

10.8 (8.3, 11.4)

  1. Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; HBV, hepatis B virus; HDV, hepatis D virus; HCV, hepatis C virus; IQR, Interquartile range; Hb, Hemoglobin; Plt, Platelets; INR, International normalized ratio; SGPT, Alanine aminotransferase; G-GT, Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase; ALP, Alkaline phosphatase; CP, Child Pugh; MELD, Model for end-stage liver disease; VDBP, Vitamin D binding protein; LBP, Lipopolysaccharide binding protein.