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High Prevalence of Sleep Disturbance in Cirrhosis

table 2. Clinical Profile of Patients With Cirrhosis

	Satisfactory Sleep (n = 23)	Unsatisfactory Sleep (n = 21)

Age (years)	53 ± 2	49 ± 2
Gender (M/F)	11/12	11/10
Child-Pugh’s score	6.3 ± 0.3	6.5 ± 0.3
Previous alcoholism	8 (35%)	4 (19%)
Previous variceal bleeding	6 (26%)	9 (43%)
Diuretics	6 (26%)	6 (29%)
Propranolol	5 (22%)	7 (33%)

NOTE. There were no significant differences between both groups.