Comparison of distributions between the deceased and surviving patients was performed using Mann-Whitney-U-Test.

Patients receiving an OLT during follow-up time were excluded in this analysis (N = 18). Values in the table are medians. Significant results are written in bold and asterisked (**, ***). Essential amino acids are printed in italics.本次分析排除了随访期间接受原位肝移植（Orthotopic Liver Transplantation, OLT）的患者（N=18）。表格中所列数值均为中位数。存在统计学显著性的结果以加粗字体标注，并配以星号（**, ***）标识。必需氨基酸（essential amino acids）以斜体显示。