Research Article
Diagnostic Value of the 13C Methacetin Breath Test in Various Stages of Chronic Liver Disease
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the studied population (
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| | Gender (male/female) | 47 (61%)/30 (39%) |
| | Age (years) | 50 ± 16 | | Ethnic groups | | | Malay/Chinese/Indian | 27 (35%)/37 (48%)/13 (17%) |
| | Aetiology# | | | HBV | 25 (32.5%) | | HCV | 20 (26.0%) | | NAFLD | 9 (11.7%) | | Cryptogenic | 7 (9.1%) | | Myelofibrosis | 1 (1.3%) | | Alcohol | 12 (15.6%) | | PBC/AIH | 3 (3.8%) |
| | Cirrhosis/non-cirrhosis | | | Child-Pugh class A | 11 (23.4%) | | Child-Pugh class B | 15 (31.9%) | | Child-Pugh class C | 21 (44.7%) |
| | Stages of fibrosis | | | Stage 0 | 9 (30.0%) | | Stage 1 | 10 (33.3%) | | Stage 2 | 7 (23.3%) | | Stage 3 | 3 (10.0%) | | Stage 4 | 1 (3.33%) |
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#Abbreviations: HBV: chronic hepatitis B; HCV: chronic hepatitis C; NAFLD: non alcoholic fatty liver disease; PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis; AIH: autoimmune hepatitis.
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