[Retracted] Long-Term Carbohydrate-Containing Late-Evening Snack Significantly Improves the Ratio of Branched Chain Amino Acids to Aromatic Amino Acids in Adults with Liver Cirrhosis due to Hepatitis B

Table 1

Basic characteristics of patients with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B ().

	Cirrhosis group	Chronic hepatitis B group	Healthy control group
	86	80	30		—
Age				13.81	<0.001
Gender (M/F)	68/18	10/8	7/3	—	0.108
WBC (×10^9/L)				21.38	<0.001
HB (g/L)				34.44	<0.001
PLT (×10^9/L)				284.22	<0.001
ALT (U/L)				2.20	0.116
AST (U/L)				35.35	<0.001
TBIL (μmol/L)				26.01	<0.001
ALB (g/L)				100.86	<0.001
PALB (mg/L)				150.11	<0.001
CHE (U/L)				179.72	<0.001
CR (μmol/L)				2.97	0.056
CHOL (mmol/L)				1.04	0.356
TG (mmol/L)				2.55	0.083
PT (s)				25.52	<0.001
INR				10.10	<0.001
NH3 (μmol/L)				52.38	<0.001
GLU (mmol/L)				1.175	0.279

Abbreviations: WBC: white blood cell count; HB: hemoglobin; PLT: platelet count; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate transferase; TBIL: total bilirubin; ALB: albumin; PALB: prealbumin; CHE: cholinesterase; CR: creatinine; CHOL: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; PT: prothrombin time; INR: international normalized ratio; NH₃: ammonemia; GLU: blood glucose; BCAA: branched chain amino acids; AAA: aromatic amino acids. compared with the cirrhosis group.