20 April 2023 : Clinical Research
Low Prealbumin Levels Were Associated with Increased Frequency of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-Related Decompensated Cirrhosis
Jiani Li12ABCDEFG, Minghao Du2EF, Hao Li1CEF, Peng Wu3CD, Mengying Sun12CDE, Min Guan12CEF, Shanhong Tang12A*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.937772
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e937772
Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis to identify potential predictors of hepatic encephalopathy.
| Univariate | Multivariate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Prealbumin | 0.975 | 0.961, 0.989 | 0.001* | 0.978 | 0.962, 0.995 | 0.014* |
| PT | 1.302 | 1.102, 1.538 | 0.002* | 0.914 | 0.453, 1.844 | 0.801 |
| INR | 17.192 | 2.898, 101.993 | 0.002* | 7.056 | 0.005, 9276.942 | 0.594 |
| TBIL | 1.008 | 1.002, 1.014 | 0.014* | 1.004 | 0.997, 1.011 | 0.259 |
| Albumin | 0.937 | 0.870, 1.009 | 0.083 | |||
| Age | 0.984 | 0.943, 1.026 | 0.446 | |||
| Creatinine | 1.005 | 0.995, 1.014 | 0.322 | |||
| ALT | 1.002 | 0.998, 1.006 | 0.422 | |||
| AST | 1.002 | 0.999, 1.004 | 0.199 | |||
| MELD | 1.126 | 1.032, 1.229 | 0.008* | 1.003 | 0.865, 1.164 | 0.963 |