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

Table 6 Humoral-immunological parameters of the four studied groups.

PARÂMETERS	ALCOHOL			ALCOHOL + HCV			HCV			CONTROL			P
	N	M	SD	N	M	SD	N	M	SD	N	M	SD
C₃ (mg%)	33	106.48	42.72	20	92.62	33.72	24	79.33	26.42	32	123.19	33.16	< 0.001
C₄ (mg%)	33	20.79	8.12	20	19.70	8.57	24	14.21	4.66	32	26.84	7.75	< 0.001
Gammaglobulin (g%)	33	1.54	0.39	20	2.04	0.41	24	2.28	0.76	32	1.35	0.28	< 0.001
IgA (mg/dl)	30	577.27	286.26	20	519.15	203.92	23	505.39	314.59	32	268.94	121.05	< 0.001
IgM (mg/dl)	30	238.33	146.46	20	248.20	96.10	23	325.70	222.32	32	170.03	69.25	0.001
IgG (mg/dl)	30	1.775.87	464.42	20	2.352.10	496.62	23	2.643.96	907.37	32	1.594.88	379.22	< 0.001
IgE (IU/dl)	29	5.80	0.98	18	4.83	1.18	18	3.78	0.81	32	4.65	1.38	< 0.001

Where: C₃ and C₄ are serum complement components 3 and 4, respectively; IgA, IgM, IgG and IgE are immunoglobulins A, M, G and E, respectively. Range for reference values: C₃ (74–185); C₄ (16 – 44); Gammaglobulin (0.8 – 1.6); IgA (153 – 359); IgM (73 – 171); IgG (952 – 1538); IgE (up to 100).

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