Hyperammonemia Is Associated with Increasing Severity of Both Liver Cirrhosis and Hepatic Encephalopathy

Table 1

Details of different causes of chronic liver disease in our study group.

Etiology of CLD	Number of patients	Patients (%)
HCV	73	42.6%
HBV	41	24%
Both HCV & HBV	8	4.7%
Metabolic (Wilson’s disease, etc.)	9	5.3%
Autoimmune (PBC, PSC, AIH, etc.)	11	6.4%
NAFLD	21	12.3%
Alcoholic liver disease	3	1.8%
Idiopathic etiology & others	5	2.9%