The Diagnostic and Prognostic Values of C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin during Bacterial Infections in Decompensated Cirrhosis

Table 5

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with 3-month mortality in admitted patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis.

	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
Child-Pugh (class)	0.006	0.007
Encephalopathy	0.013	0.005
Infection	0.001	0.485
Heart rate	0.005	0.092
Temperature	0.055	0.547
WBC	0.001	0.331
Neutrophil count	<0.001	0.155
Platelets	<0.001	0.490
PT %	0.029	0.321
INR	0.036	0.962
CRP	0.001	0.053
PCT	0.018	<0.001
Serum creatinine	0.014	<0.001
AST	0.095	<0.001
Child-Pugh (score)	0.009	0.006
MELD	<0.001	0.091

WBC: white blood cells; INR: international normalized ratio; CRP: C-reactive protein; PT: prothrombin time; PCT: procalcitonin; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease.