Research Article
The Utility of Scoring Systems in Predicting Early and Late Mortality in Alcoholic Hepatitis: Whose Score Is It Anyway?
Table 2
Patient demographics and histological findings in the 44 biopsy proven alcoholic hepatitis.
| Sex | | Male | 25 (56.8%) | Female | 19 (43.2%) | Mean age, in years | 48 | Liver biopsy findings | | Steatosis | 42 (95.4%) | Necrosis | 10 (22.7%) | Neutrophil infiltration | 43 (97.7%) | Mallory bodies | 26 (59.1%) | Ballooned hepatocytes | 29 (65.9%) | Acidophilic bodies | 2 (4.5%) | Giant mitochondria | 1 (2.27%) | Underlying stage of liver disease | | Cirrhosis | 18 (40.9%) |
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