Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy and Biejia-Ruangan Are Associated with First Hospital Readmission in Nonalcoholic Cirrhosis Patients

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate regression analysis for predictors of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) in nonalcoholic cirrhosis patients (N = 176).

Variable	OR	95% variable OR CI for EXP (B)		value	OR	95% variable OR CI for EXP (B)		value
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
Age (year)	1.109	0.989	1.050	0.214	1.031	0.995	1.069	0.095
ALT (U/L)	1	0.997	1.003	0.941	0.987	0.965	1.010	0.260
AST	1.001	0.998	1.003	0.475	1.010	0.994	1.027	0.205
Na + (mmol/L)	0.893	0.802	0.994	0.039	0.924	0.815	1.047	0.215
K + (mmol/L)	2.744	1.121	6.716	0.027	2.496	0.923	6.749	0.072
Serum albumin (g/L)	0.925	0.872	0.982	0.010	0.920	0.852	0.993	0.032
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	1.006	0.998	1.015	0.130	1.004	0.990	1.018	0.592
INR	0.511	0.139	1.874	0.311	0.580	0.141	2.383	0.450
Creatinine (μmol/L)	1.002	0.989	1.015	0.783	1.002	0.986	1.019	0.801
White blood cells (10^9/L)	0.943	0.774	1.15	0.563	0.926	0.735	1.166	0.514
BR	0.465	0.23	0.941	0.033	0.479	0.223	1.028	0.059
MELD	1.074	0.988	1.167	0.092	0.962	0.818	1.130	0.634

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Na+, sodium; K+, potassium; INR, international normalized ratio; BR, Biejia-Ruangan; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease.