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Table 1 Clinical characteristics, laboratory indices and equilibrium phase dual-energy CT parameters of patients in the training and validation groups

From: Dual-energy CT quantification of extracellular liver volume predicts short-term disease progression in patients with hepatitis B liver cirrhosis-acute decompensation

Variable

Total (n = 307)

Training Group (n = 215)

Validation Group (n = 92)

T/U/χ2 value

p value

Age (years)

50.1 ± 9.5

50.0 ± 9.8

50.4 ± 9.0

− 0.405

0.686

Sex (male/female)

195/112

138/77

57/35

0.138

0.710

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 ± 3.2

23.3 ± 3.2

23.6 ± 3.3

− 0.851

0.395

Infections, n (%)

107 (34.9%)

72 (33.5%)

35 (38.0%)

0.589

0.443

Gastrointestinal bleeding, n (%)

79 (25.7%)

55 (25.6%)

24 (26.1%)

0.009

0.926

Ascites, n (%)

239 (77.9%)

167 (77.7%)

72 (78.3%)

0.013

0.910

Hepatic encephalopathy, n (%)

13 (4.2%)

8 (3.7%)

5 (5.4%)

0.467

0.495

History of HBV (years)

2.0 (0.0, 10.7)

2.7 (0.0, 10.8)

0.8 (0.0, 10.6)

− 1.205

0.228

Antiviral therapy, n (%)

117 (38.1%)

88 (40.9%)

29 (31.5%)

2.418

0.120

Antiviral during follow-up, n (%)

217 (70.7%)

155 (72.1%)

62 (67.4%)

0.687

0.407

HBeAg, n (%)

 Positive

204 (66.4%)

134 (62.3%)

70 (76.1%)

5.473

0.019

 Negative

103 (33.6%)

81 (37.7%)

22 (23.9%)

  

Lg HBV-DNA (copies/mL)

4.0 (2.5, 6.1)

3.5 (2.5, 6.0)

4.9 (2.7, 6.3)

− 1.908

0.056

Urea (mmol/L)

5.4 (4.3, 7.0)

5.5 (4.3, 7.0)

5.4 (4.1, 7.2)

− 0.434

0.664

Creatinine (umol/L)

66.0 (57.0, 77.0)

66.0 (57.0, 77.0)

67.0 (56.1, 78.3)

− 0.178

0.858

Na+ (mmol/L)

139.0 (137.0, 141.0)

139.0 (137.0, 141.0)

139.0 (137.0, 141.0)

− 0.058

0.954

ALT (U/L)

35.0 (24.0, 52.0)

35.0 (24.0, 50.0)

35.0 (25.3, 52.8)

− 0.376

0.707

AST (U/L)

45.0 (31.0, 65.0)

44.0 (30.0, 65.0)

45.5 (32.3, 65.8)

− 0.514

0.607

GGT (U/L)

33.0 (20.0, 61.0)

32.0 (20.0, 61.0)

35.5 (21.3, 61.8)

− 0.622

0.534

ALP (U/L)

103.0 (82.0, 130.0)

102.0 (82.0, 130.0)

111.0 (86.0, 132.3)

− 0.926

0.355

ALB (g/L)

33.1 ± 6.2

33.6 ± 6.2

31.8 ± 6.2

2.275

0.024

TB (umol/L)

28.5 (17.8, 42.3)

28.5 (18.0, 43.3)

29.5 (17.7, 42.1)

− 0.156

0.876

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.6 (2.1, 3.1)

2.6 (2.1, 3.1)

2.6 (2.1, 3.2)

− 0.038

0.970

WBC (10^9/L)

3.6 (2.3, 4.8)

3.4 (2.3, 4.8)

3.7 (2.3, 4.8)

− 0.482

0.630

PLT (10^9/L)

56.0 (39.0, 74.0)

54.0 (37.0, 73.0)

59.0 (42.3, 82.5)

− 1.545

0.122

HCT (L/L)

0.35 ± 0.08

0.35 ± 0.08

0.34 ± 0.07

0.657

0.512

PT (s)

14.9 (13.4, 16.4)

14.8 (13.4, 16.3)

15.0 (13.3, 16.4)

− 0.263

0.793

PTA (%)

62.6 (53.8, 74.2)

62.6 (53.8, 74.2)

63.1 (54.1, 75.1)

− 0.135

0.892

INR

1.3 (1.2, 1.4)

1.3 (1.2, 1.4)

1.3 (1.2, 1.4)

− 0.828

0.408

CTP score

8.0 (6.0, 9.0)

8.0 (6.0, 9.0)

8.0 (7.0, 9.0)

− 1.498

0.134

MELD score

11.5 (9.1, 13.9)

11.4 (9.1, 13.9)

11.5 (9.1, 14.4)

− 0.466

0.641

MELD-Na score

12.2 (10.1, 15.5)

12.2 (10.1, 15.5)

12.1 (10.0, 16.4)

− 0.214

0.831

CLIF-C ADs

38.6 (34.2, 44.3)

38.6 (33.8, 44.5)

38.6 (34.7, 43.5)

− 0.108

0.914

IC

20.3 ± 4.5

20.1 ± 4.6

20.7 ± 4.3

− 1.176

0.240

Z

8.8 ± 0.2

8.7 ± 0.2

8.8 ± 0.2

− 1.194

0.234

K140

1.6 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.3

− 1.113

0.267

ECVIC-liver

33.1 ± 5.5

33.0 ± 5.8

33.5 ± 5.0

− 0.725

0.469

90-day ACLF development, n (%)

65 (21.2%)

47 (21.9%)

18 (19.6%)

0.203

0.652

  1. BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, GGT gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, ALB albumin, TB total bilirubin, WBC white blood cells, PLT platelet count, HCT hematocrit, PT prothrombin time, PTA prothrombin activity, INR international normalized ratio, MELD model of end-stage liver disease, CLIF-C ADs chronic liver failure consortium-acute decompensation score, IC iodine concentration, Z effective atomic number, K140 slope of the energy spectrum curve, ECVIC-liver extracellular liver volume, ACLF acute-on-chronic liver failure