Table 4: Comparing the characteristics of patients with early versus late paracentesis.
| Valuables | Early Paracentesis (n = 97) | Late paracentesis (n=34) | P values |
| Age (mean; SD) | 62.6 (10.2) | 60.3 (13.0) | 0.29 |
| Charlson scores excluding liver disease (mean; SD) | 1.7 (1.7) | 1.7 (1.9) | 0.99 |
| MELD (mean; SD) | 18.1 (6.9) | 17.5 (5.5) | 0.64 |
| Length of stay (86 vs 30) | 8.2 (8.3) | 12.6 (9.0) | 0.02 |
| Men (n; %) | 61 (62.9%) | 15 (44.1%) | 0.07 |
| Weekday admission (n; %) | 72 (74.2%) | 27 (79.4%) | 0.65 |
| Death (n;%) | 11 (11.3%) | 4 (11.8%) | 1.00 |