Table 1
Liver function and clinical data used in calculating Child Scores
| Parameter | Cirrhosis | Controls |
| Bilirubin (total, mg/dL) | 1.44 ± 0.95 | 0.89 ± 0.24 |
| Albumin (gm/dL) | 4.0 ± 0.5 | 3.7 ± 0.9 |
| PT (secs) | 14.4 ± 1.8 | 11.4 ± 0.8 |
| Ascites | 2/26 | 0/13 |
| Enceplalopathy | 0/26 | 0/13 |
Data are presented as proportion or as mean ± SD
Table 2
Plasma Melatonin levels (pg/ml) in patients with cirrhosis and in controls
| Time | Cirrhosis | Controls | P |
| 09.00 | 5.77 ± 7.74 | 3.40 ± 2.71 | NS |
| 14.00 | 2.60 ± 2.37 | 2.53 ± 1.43 | NS |
| 21.00 | 1.55 ± 1.29 | 1.64 ± 0.73 | NS |
Results presented as mean ± SD. NS means "Non-Significant".
Figure 1
Evening melatonin levels and cirrhosis severity. Patients with Child score > 5 (group 2) have significantly (p < 0.04) lower evening melatonin levels compared to cirrhosis patients with Child score ≤ 5 (group 1)