Th1/Th2 Cells and Associated Cytokines in Acute Hepatitis E and Related Acute Liver Failure

Table 1

Characteristics of study subjects.

	HC group ()	AHE group ()	HEV-ALF group ()	value
Age (y)				0.018
Gender (F/M)	9/8	7/10	3/14	0.095
Pregnant woman	0	0	0	—
Fever	0	4 (23.53)	7 (41.18)	0.014
Jaundice	0	15 (88.24)	17 (100.00)	≤0.001
Nausea/vomit	0	5 (29.41)	9 (52.94)	0.002
Severity of hepatic encephalopathy	0	0	4 (23.53)	0.013
Hepatorenal syndrome	0	2 (11.76)	1 (5.88)	0.352
Ascites	0	2 (11.76)	8 (47.06)	≤0.001
IgM(+)	0	17 (100.00)	17 (100.00)	≤0.001
HEV-RNA (IU/ml)	0	34.84 (29.18-38.73)	33.44 (30.55-37.74)	≤0.001
ALT (U/l)	18 (9-31)	535 (128-834)	750 (392-1027)	≤0.001
TBIL (μmol/l)	12.4 (8.4-14.2)	58.0 (12.2-141.6)	206.6 (92.0-263.4)	≤0.001
Length of stay (day)	0	7 (5-11)	12 (8-23)	≤0.001
Mortality rate	0	0	8 (47.06)	≤0.001

The value was for the difference among the three groups.