Urinary Metabolite Profiling Offers Potential for Differentiation of Liver-Kidney Yin Deficiency and Dampness-Heat Internal Smoldering Syndromes in Posthepatitis B Cirrhosis Patients

Table 1

Clinical information and characteristics of human subjects.

Variable	Control	Liver cirrhosis	TCM Zhengs of liver cirrhosis
			YX subgroup	SR subgroup
Patients ()	31	63	33	30
Age (y)
Body height (cm)
Body weight (kg)
BMI
RBC (10^12/L)
WBC (10^9/L)
HB (g/L)
NEUT# (10^9/L)
LYM# (10^9/L)
PLT (10^9/L)
Alb (g/L)
Glb (g/L)
A/G (100%)
ALT (IU/L)
AST (IU/L)
GGT (IU/L)
ALP (IU/L)
CHE (IU/L)
TBiL (mol/L)
DBiL (mol/L)
PT (sec)
INR (%)
BUN (mmol/L)
Cr (mol/L)
TCH (mmol/L)
TG (mmol/L)
APOA-1 (g/L)
FPG (mmol/L)
AFP (ng/mL)

Note: The results are presented as mean ± SD and were compared by -test. , TCM YX Zheng subgroup versus TCM SR Zheng subgroup.
BMI: body-mass index; RBC: red blood cell; WBC: white blood cell; HB: haemoglobin; NEUT#: absolute neutrophil Count; LYM#: absolute lymphocyte count; PLT: platelet; Alb: albumin; Glb: globulin; A/G: albumin/globulin; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: gamma glutamyl transferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; CHE: cholinesterase; TBiL: total bilirubin; DBiL: direct bilirubin; PT: prothrombin time; INR: international normalized ratio; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; TCH: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; APOA-1: apolipoprotein A-1; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein.