Natural history of covert hepatic encephalopathy: An observational study of 366 cirrhotic patients

Figure 1 Flow diagram of cirrhotic patients included in the study. CHE: Covert hepatic encephalopathy; OHE: Overt hepatic encephalopathy; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent.

Figure 2 Time from inclusion to development of the first cirrhosis-related complications requiring hospitalization and death for patients with and without covert hepatic encephalopathy. A: Time from inclusion to development of OHE; B: Time from inclusion to development of the first cirrhosis-related complications requiring hospitalization; C: Time from inclusion to death. The Kaplan-Meier curve for estimated cumulative incidence in the Y axis and months from initial entry in the X axis. Log-rank statistics were used to compare groups. CHE: Covert hepatic encephalopathy; OHE: Overt hepatic encephalopathy.