Alpha-Fetoprotein as a Predictive Marker for Patients with Hepatitis B-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Table 1

Characteristic comparisons between subgroups.

Variables	Transplant-free survival group ()	Deceased and transplanted group ()	value
Age, y	41.83 (12.37)	50.31 (13.10)	0.002
Male , %	33 (82.50%)	42 (80.77%)	0.832
Total bilirubin^#, μmol/L	261.89 (86.98–496.59)	386.55 (137.45–723.22)	<0.001
AFP^#, ng/ml	148.80 (8.50–2375.30)	43.21 (1.10–1495.80)	<0.001
INR^#	1.83 (1.50–4.31)	2.21 (1.51–5.70)	0.001

AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; INR, international normalized ratio; normally distributed continuous variable; ^#not normally distributed continuous variable.