The Prevalence, Predictors, and In-Hospital Mortality of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis Admitted at St. Dominic Hospital in Akwatia, Ghana

Table 1

Demographic characteristics, length of stay, and treatment outcomes against encephalopathy.

Demographic	Encephalopathy
	Present	Absent	value
Age of patient	45.8 (34.5, 57.1)	47.5 (33.7, 61)	0.448
Sex of patients			0.51
Female	24 (41.4%)	34 (58.6%)
Male	29 (26.6%)	80 (73.4%)
Blood pressure (BP)
Systolic BP	109.3 (93.5, 123.1)	107.6 (93.7, 121.5)	0.753
Diastolic BP	69.6 (60, 79.2)	68.8 (58.5, 79.1)	0.62
Length of stay	11.51 (4.4, 18.6)	9.95 (3.9, 16.02)	0.145
Outcome of admission			<0.001
Death	40 (60.6)	26 (39.4)
Discharge	13 (13.3)	85 (86.7)