Clinical Study
Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
Table 1
Demographic data of different groups.
| | Items | Healthy control | Chronic liver disease | Independent sample t test or | | | Chi-square |
| | Age (mean ± SD, yr) | 53.4 ± 12.7 | 53.8 ± 13.4 | | | Male/female (n) | 57/34 | 229/163 | | | Paired/single (n) | 88/3 | 374/18 | | | Educational level (mean ± SD, yr) | 11.5 ± 3.4 | 11.2 ± 3.2 | | | Etiologies of chronic liver disease | — | No cirrhosis | Cirrhosis | — | | | | CA | CB | CC | | | AIH | — | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | — | | ALD | — | 61 | 5 | 25 | 21 | — | | CHB | — | 49 | 17 | 20 | 19 | — | | CHC | — | 28 | 11 | 19 | 5 | — | | PBC | — | 31 | 11 | 19 | 3 | — | | Unknown | — | — | 3 | 6 | 5 | — | | Present ascites | — | 143 | — | | Present varices | — | 181 | — |
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AIH: autoimmune hepatitis, ALD: alcoholic lLiver disease, CHB: chronic hepatitis B, CHC: chronic hepatitis C, PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis. CA: cirrhosis Class A, CB: cirrhosis Class B, CC: cirrhosis Class C.
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