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

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate analyses to predict first hospital readmission in nonalcoholic cirrhosis patients (N = 176).

Variable	HR	95% variable HR CI for EXP (B)		value	HR	95% variable HR CI for EXP (B)		value
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
Age (year)	1.022	0.994	1.051	0.132	1.031	0.996	1.067	0.088
ALT	0.998	0.991	1.006	0.689	0.989	0.970	1.009	0.287
AST	1.001	0.998	1.003	0.649	1.008	0.994	1.022	0.276
Na	0.911	0.842	0.986	0.021	0.963	0.882	1.051	0.395
K	2.006	0.907	4.436	0.085	1.603	0.603	4.528	0.344
MHE	6.515	3.431	12.371	0	5.805	3.007	11.206	0
Serum albumin (g/L)	0.905	0.856	0.957	0	0.948	0.885	1.014	0.122
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	1.009	1.005	1.013	0	1.001	0.994	1.008	0.735
INR	0.815	0.263	2.523	0.723	1.251	0.349	4.490	0.731
Creatinine (μmol/L)	1.004	0.994	1.015	0.406	0.996	0.981	1.010	0.547
White blood cells (10^9/L)	0.937	0.780	1.126	0.487	0.997	0.803	1.239	0.982
BR	0.361	0.174	0.750	0.006	0.318	0.151	0.670	0.003
MELD	1.154	1.079	1.235	0	1.145	1.068	1.227	0

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Na+, sodium; K+, potassium; MHE, minimal hepatic encephalopathy; INR, international normalized ratio; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; BR, Biejia-Ruangan.