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Table 1:

Patients and controls

Controls (n = 18)Alcoholics (n = 26)Nonalcoholics (n = 19)
(M/F) Sex8/1018/814/5
Age (±SD), y55.7 ± 13.854.3 ± 12.7 NS61.1 ± 12.4 NS
CFF (±SD), Hz41.3 ± 1.637.3 ± 5.0**36.6 ± 4.9**
Child-Pugh grading
    A109
    B115
    C55
HE grading
    HE 075
    mHE83
    HE 156
    HE 265
  • Note:—Forty-five cirrhotics and 18 controls were enrolled. In 8 controls, 2 alcoholics, and one nonalcoholic patient magnetic resonance spectroscopy could not be performed. Values are reported as mean ± SD. HE indicates hepatic encephalopathy; mHE, minimal HE.

  • ** Significantly different from controls P < .01 (Mann-Whitney U; NS indicates no significant difference.