The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 1 Age, sex distribution, and baseline data of studied groups (n = 100)

From: Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate to cortisol ratio as a prognostic factor in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Variables		Group I (non-SBP)	Group II (SBP)	P-value
Age (years)		61.54 ± 8.96	60.96 ± 9.89	0.938
Sex	Males	30 (60%)	26 (52%)	0.420
Sex	Females	20 (40%)	24 (48%)	0.420
Child-Paugh	A	2 (4%)	0 (0%)	< 0.001*
	B	33 (66%)	17 (34%)
	C	15 (30%)	33 (66%)
MELD score		18.24 ± 48	20.30 ± 6.62	0.148
Morning cortisol		26.67 ± 9.41	22.65 ± 11.65	0.067
Evening cortisol		21.52 ± 9.29	19.53 ± 11.30	0.396

Data are presented as mean ± SD or frequency (%), *: significant as P < 0.05. SBP spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, non-SBP non-spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, MELD a model for end-stage liver disease score

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