Table 2A: Characteristics of cirrhotic patients admitted with ascites according to the receipt of aracentesis.
| Valuables | Paracentesis (n = 131) | No Paracentesis ( n = 97) | P value |
| Age (mean; SD) | 62.0 (11.0) | 62.9 (10.7) | 0.56 |
| Charlson scores (excluding liver disease) (mean; SD) | 1.7 (1.7) | 2.1 (1.9) | 0.09 |
| MELD (mean; SD) | 18.0 (6.6) | 16.6 (7.3) | 0.13 |
| Length of stay (116 vs 87) | 9.3 (8.6) | 6.9 (9.5) | 0.05 |
| Men (n; %) | 76 (58.0%) | 59 (60.8%) | 0.69 |
| Weekday admission (n; %) | 99 (75.6%) | 67 (69.1%) | 0.30 |
| Death (n; %) | 15 (11.5%) | 10 (10.3%) | 0.83 |