Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the enrolled patients
DCPs with infections N = 94 | DCPs without infections N = 18 | Control N = 17 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (M ± SD) | 59.84 ± 11.68 | 56.44 ± 12.4 | 54.05 ± 10.24 | |
Gender (%) | Male | 58 (61.7) | 13 (72.2) | 11 (64.7) |
Female | 36 (38.3) | 5 (27.8) | 6 (35.3) | |
Etiology of cirrhosis (%) | Hepatitis B | 52 (55.3) | 13 (72.2) | 13 (76.5) |
Hepatitis C | 2 (2.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Alcohol | 21 (22.3) | 5 (27.8) | 4 (23.5) | |
Others | 19 (20.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Child–Pugh classification (%) | A | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 17 (100) |
B | 5 (5.3) | 7 (38.9) | 0 (0) | |
C | 89 (94.7) | 11 (61.1) | 0 (0) | |
Number of complications (%)* | ≥2 | 66 (70.2) | 8 (44.4) | 0 (0) |
<2 | 28 (29.8) | 10 (55.6) | 0 (0) | |