Different degrees of malnutrition and immunological alterations according to the aetiology of cirrhosis: a prospective and sequential study

Table 1 Haematological and biochemical results with statistically significant differences in the four studied groups.

PARAMETERS	ALCOHOL			ALC+HCV			HCV			CONTROL			P
	N	M	SD	N	M	SD	N	M	SD	N	M	SD
Platelets/mm³	33	174 × 10³	83 × 10³	20	149 × 10³	59 × 10³	24	127 × 10³	70 × 10³	32	260 × 10³	61 × 10³	< 0,001
P.A.(%)	33	68,82	16,21	20	67,60	17,33	24	62,88	13,94	32	87,16	9,17	< 0,001
Iron (mg/100 ml)	33	98,15	30,22	20	99,20	58,97	22	128,45	54,76	31	66,45	32,22	< 0,001
Fasting glycaemia (mg/dl)	33	102,97	25,72	20	126,75	62,57	24	117,67	48,70	32	94,84	10,01	0,003
AST (IU/l)	33	20,42	10,46	20	36,70	19,30	24	58,33	30,52	32	12,75	5,44	0,001
ALT (IU/l)	33	17,21	8,03	20	46,95	42,24	24	66,08	37,40	32	13,25	9,31	< 0,001
AST/ALT	33	1,29	0,59	20	0,91	0,34	24	0,96	0,40	32	1,20	0,61	0,026
Total bilirrubin (mg/dl)	33	1,42	1,11	20	1,40	1,16	24	1,75	0,95	32	0,77	0,38	< 0,001
Alpha-fetoprotein (IU/l)	33	3,90	2,50	19	5,56	3,86	23	13,47	10,87	31	3,71	2,54	< 0,001
Serum Albumin (g/dl)	33	4,19	0,53	20	3,85	0,39	24	3,81	0,57	32	4,49	0,35	< 0,001

Where: N = number of cases; M = mean number; SD = standard deviation; HCV = Hepatitis C Virus. Reference values: N° of platelets/mm³: (140 – 450 × 10³); P.A.: (70 – 100), Iron (50 – 100); AST and ALT: (18); Total bilirrubin: (0.2 – 1.0); alpha-fetoprotein: (10); Albumin: (3.5 – 5.0).

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