Predictive Value of the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease in Cirrhotic Patients with and without Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Table 1
Association of selected risk factors with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in hepatic cirrhosis patients with ascites.
Variable
Without SBP ()
With SBP ()
value
Age (years)
54.56 (52.73–56.38)*
54.20 (51.04–57.36)*
0.849
MELD score
19.49 (18.38–20.60)
23.20 (21.27–25.12)
0.001
MELD group
0.046‡
≤15
64 (33.3)†
12 (18.8)†
—
16–24
81 (42.2)
28 (43.8)
0.111
≥25
47 (24.5)
24 (37.5)
0.013
Bilirubin (mg/dL)
5.41 (4.38–6.44)
6.34 (4.56–8.13)
0.373
Creatinine (mg/dL)
0.99 (0.92–1.06)
1.08 (0.96–1.20)
0.229
INR (units)
2.57 (2.24–2.90)
2.27 (1.70–2.84)
0.364
Sex
Women
41 (21.4)
16 (25.0)
0.887‡
Men
151 (78.6)
48 (75.0)
Etiology
Alcohol
100 (52.1)
36 (56.3)
0.111‡
Other§
92 (47.9)
28 (43.7)
Diabetes
No
139 (72.4)
44 (68.7)
0.560‡
Yes
53 (27.6)
20 (31.3)
Death
No
169 (88.0)
49 (76.6)
0.024‡
Yes
23 (12.0)
15 (23.4)
*
Mean age-adjusted values and 95% confidence intervals (in parenthesis) from the general linear model. †Number and column percentages (in parenthesis). ‡Age-adjusted values from binary logistic regression. §HBV, HCV, or alcohol + virus.
