PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2023 January; 14(1): e0001. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2023 January 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10488.

Table 5.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in Patients With and Without Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy.

Characteristic	Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy (n=38)	No Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy (n=58)	χ² / t Value	P Value
Age (years)	48.47±10.4	46.28±10.7	0.991	0.324

Female sex	34.2% (13)	37.9% (22)	0.137	0.711

BMI (kg/m²)	22.85±3.1	24.11±3.9	−1.659	0.100

Etiology
Alcoholic	49.0% (19)	53.6% (30)	3.320	0.345
Viral	21.8% (9)	19.5% (11)	3.320	0.345
Unknown	29.0% (10)	26.8% (17)

Bilirubin (mg/dL)	3.0±0.9	2.8±1.3	0.625	0.533

AST (IU/L)	110.30±22.4	107.53±24.3	0.562	0.575

ALT (IU/L)	76.52±19.0	72.17±25.8	0.891	0.375

Albumin (g/dL)	2.6±0.4	2.7±0.5	−1.387	0.169

INR	1.96±0.5	1.72±0.4	2.341	0.021

Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.27±0.2	1.18±0.2	1.934	0.056

CTP score	9.63±2.6	8.31±2.3	2.568	0.012^*

MELD Score	19.72±4.9	17.41±4.1	2.469	0.015^*

^*Significant; χ², chi-square test; t, independent t-test.

ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; CTP, Child–Turcotte–Pugh; INR, international normalized ratio; MELD, Model for End-stage Liver Disease.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2023 January; 14(1): e0001. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2023 January 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10488