Demographics, clinical characteristics, and cognitive test results of minimal hepatic encephalopathy patients and healthy controls.

Demographic data, including age and sex, were compared among the study groups using the two-sample Student’s t test, Pearson’s chi-squared test, and paired t test, where appropriate, and are reported as means ± standard deviation (SD). Abbreviations: WASI, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; CASI, Cognitive Ability Screening Instrument. Statistical threshold was set at p<0.05 (Boldface). *Stand for the appropriate test passed the statistical criteria set at corrected Pfalse-discovery-rate <0.05. Demographics, clinical characteristics, and cognitive test results of minimal hepatic encephalopathy patients and healthy controls.