Research Article

[Retracted] Assessing the Prognostic Performance of the Child-Pugh, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, and Albumin-Bilirubin Scores in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Large Asian Cohort from Gastroenterology Department

Table 1

Characteristics of patients in the DeCi cohort.

VariablePatients with decompensated cirrhosis ()

Sex (male), (%)344 (75.4%)
Age, median (IQR)53.5 (46-63.75)
Hospitalization days, median (IQR)11 (9-13)
Intensive care unit (%)64 (14.0%)
Cause of liver cirrhosis, (%)
 Viral276 (60.5%)
 Alcoholic72 (15.8)
 Combined alcoholic viral37 (8.1%)
 Other28 (6.1%)
 Cryptogenic43 (9.4%)
Cause of hospitalization, (%)
 Ascites3 (0.7%)
 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage407 (89.2%)
 Hepatic encephalopathy22 (4.8%)
 Infection24 (5.3%)
Ascites degree, (%)
 No ascites195 (42.8%)
 1st-degree ascites123 (27.0%)
 2nd-degree ascites80 (17.5%)
 3rd-degree ascites58 (12.7%)
Renal failure, (%)20 (4.4%)
Hepatocellular carcinoma, (%)56 (12.3%)
Acute decompensation, (%)436 (95.5%)
Therapy, (%)
 Vasopressor support144 (31.6%)
 Mechanical ventilation27 (5.9%)
 Renal replacement therapy2 (4.4%)
28-day outcome, (%)
 Lost to follow-up31 (6.8%)
 Survivors375 (82.2%)
 Nonsurvivors50 (11.0%)
90-day outcome, (%)
 Lost to follow-up77 (16.9%)
 Survivors300 (65.8%)
 Nonsurvivors76 (16.6%)
6-month outcome, (%)
 Lost to follow-up132 (28.9%)
 Survivors233 (51.1%)
 Nonsurvivors91 (19.9%)

IQR: interquartile range.