Clinical Study

Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Table 2

HRQOL and clinical data of different groups.

Item Healthy controlChronic liver diseaseIndependent sample t test

Physical function92.5 ± 6.680.6 ± 21.6
Physical roles93.0 ± 11.873.7 ± 24.2
Bodily pain86.9 ± 15.583.8 ± 19.0
General health76.2 ± 18.049.9 ± 23.2
Vitality83.4 ± 11.873.4 ± 14.6
Social roles94.2 ± 10.477.6 ± 22.9
Emotional roles92.7 ± 10.886.9 ± 17.4
Mental health87.5 ± 24.577.2 ± 14.1
PCS54.6 ± 5.547.8 ± 8.8
MCS56.4 ± 8.151.7 ± 7.4
Laboratory data
Albumin (g/L)36.3 ± 2.833.3 ± 7.8 ( )
ALT (U/L)22.5 ± 9.153.2 ± 60.8 ( )
AST (U/L)22.5 ± 10.766.7 ± 71.9 ( )
GGT (U/L)49.5 ± 51.6101.6 ± 163.7 ( )
ALP (U/L)99.1 ± 8.1127.3 ± 88.9 ( )
TBIL (mg/dL)0.57 ± 0.271.96 ± 2.58 ( )
BUN (umol/L)5.1 ± 0.96.0 ± 3.9 ( )
K (umol/L)4.00 ± 0.284.03 ± 0.48 ( )
Na (umol/L)140.2 ± 3.41146.1 ± 8.63 ( )
Prothrombin Time (s)10.4 ± 0.414.2 ± 3.8 ( )
WBC (109/L)5.93 ± 1.564.72 ± 2.69 ( )
Hemoglobin (g/L)138.1 ± 22.2113.6 ± 27.4 ( )
Platelet (109/L)206.0 ± 44.3115.6 ± 69.2 ( )

PCS: physical component summary, MCS: mental component summary ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, GGT: γ-glutamyl transferase, TBIL: total bilirubin, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, K: serum potassium, Na: serum sodium, WBC: white blood cell.