[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 4

Basic characteristics of study and control group ().

	Study group	Control group
	43	43	—	—
Age			0.251	0.803
Gender (M/F)	19/7	22/4	—	0.202
Height (cm)			0.496	0.627
Weight (kg)			0.112	0.955
BMI			0.173	0.867
Macronutrient intake at baseline
Carbohydrate (g/day)			0.974	0.381
Fat (g/day)			0.136	0.883
Protein (g/day)			0.132	0.886
Energy (kcal/day)			0.175	0.862
Macronutrient intake after 3 months
Carbohydrate (g/day)			0.978	0.379
Fat (g/day)			0.140	0.879
Protein (g/day)			0.136	0.884
Energy (kcal/day)			0.181	0.858
Macronutrient intake after 6 months
Carbohydrate (g/day)			0.977	0.380
Fat (g/day)			0.151	0.876
Protein (g/day)			0.147	0.877
Energy (kcal/day)			0.164	0.869