Serum bile acids in liver cirrhosis promote neutrophil dysfunction

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TABLE 1 Demographic characteristics and liver function parameters of cirrhotic patients depending on liver cirrhosis aetiology (median ± interquartile range) Characteristic Alcoholic (n = 54) HCV (n = 32) Other (n = 23) p-value Age (years) 56 ± 12 60 ± 9 55 ± 14 n.s. Sex (Male/Female, n) 42/12 22/10 13/10 n.s. Child-Pugh group (A/B+C, n) 37/17 25/7 17/6 n.s. Child-Pugh score 6 ± 2 5 ± 1 5 ± 2 n.s. MELD score 12 ± 6 8 ± 4 10 ± 7 p = .014a AST (U/l) 44 ± 26 91 ± 72 40 ± 38 p