Table 2

Baseline characteristics in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and hepatitis C virus (HCV) related cirrhosis with or without alcohol intake, and predictive value of death (log rank test)

Variable		Alcoholic cirrhosis (n = 71)			HCV cirrhosis (n = 121)			Alcoholic + HCV cirrhosis (n = 37)
Variable		Total	Died		p Value	Total		Died	p Value	Total	Died	p Value
Sex			0.55			0.64			0.93
Male	45	30		60	19		30	12
Female	26	15		61	16		7	3
Age (years)			0.02			0.82			0.18
<50	14	5		12	3		10	2
⩾50	57	40		109	32		27	13
Child-Pugh class			0.001			0.002			0.008
A	29	14		104	26		30	10
B and C	42	31		15	9		7	5
Ascites			0.003			0.0004			0.18
No	35	18		104	27		31	11
Yes	36	27		16	8		6	4
Oesophageal varices			0.04			0.60			0.62
None or small	39	20		117	32		30	11
Large (II/III)	32	25		4	3		7	4
Prothrombin activity (%)			0.42			0.0001			0.05
<70	52	32		34	16		22	11
⩾70	19	13		82	19		15	4
Bilirubin (μmol/l)			0.03			0.03			0.09
<17	21	10		64	15		16	5
⩾17	50	35		50	19		21	10
Albumin (g/l)			0.03			0.001			0.61
<38	58	39		49	24		27	11
⩾38	13	6		68	11		10	4
Hepatic iron score			0.007			0.71			0.98
<1	35	17		48	15		16	7
⩾1	36	28		73	20		21	8