| Cirrhotic patients | Controls |
Non-HPS | HPS |
Subjects n | 21 | 8 | 22 |
Age yrs | 52.9 (40.9–58.4) | 56.1 (48.8–60.6) | 48.3 (36.9–55.4) |
Sex M/F | 13/8 | 7/1 | 16/6 |
Tobacco smoking yes/no n | 9/12 | 5/3 | 10/12 |
Alcohol/viral hepatitis/others n | 7/6/8 | 7/1/0 | |
Child grade A/B/C n | 3/3/15 | 0/3/5 | |
TLC % pred | 99 (90–110) | 93 (90–96) | 99 (94–110) |
FEV1/VC % | 82 (79–86) | 80 (74–87) | 80 (77–85) |
TL,CO % pred | 88 (76–92) | 66 (52–75)*,# | 96 (85–101) |
Pa,O2mmHg | 96 (87–107) | 64 (58–79)# | |
Pa,CO2mmHg | 33 (31–36) | 33 (31–37) | |
PA–a,O2mmHg | 9 (6–19) | 40 (29–48)# | |
P̄pa mmHg | 14 (12–16) | 15 (12–19) | |
Cardiac index L·min−1·m−2 | 4.2 (3.2–4.8) | 3.9 (3.4–4.7) | |
PVR dyn·s·cm−5 | 56 (30–89) | 57 (44–96) | |
SVR dyn·s·cm−5 | 988 (737–1186) | 720 (594–1060) | |