6% [95% CI 1.3% to 1.9%]; validation cohort: 0.9% [95% CI -0.1% to 8.6%]). Moreover, it added marginally more discriminative ability than did the Charlson index (nationwide cohort: 0.4% [95% CI 0.2% to 0.7%]; validation cohort: 0.2% [95% CI -0.9% to 1.2%]). PLX4032 research buy Conclusions: Comorbidity

is prevalent and increases mortality, so it must be described, quantified, and controlled for in studies of cirrhosis patients. The CirCom score is specifically designed for these tasks, and it is much simpler and slightly better than the Charlson index. Comorbidities included in the final CirCom score. Comorbidity Adjusted hazard ratio Severity weight Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1.22 (1.13 to 1.32) 1 Acute

myocardial infarction 1.26 (1.08 to 1.47) 1 Peripheral arterial disease 1.28 (1.15 to 1.44) 1 Epilepsy 1.32 (1.17 to 1.49) 1 Substance abuse other than alcoholism 1.38 (1.25 to 1.54) 1 Heart failure 1.39(1.28to 1.52) 1 Non-metastatic or hematologic cancer 1.43(1.31 to 1.55) 1 Chronic kidney disease 1.91 (1.49 to 2.45) 3 Metastatic cancer 1.99 (1.64 to 2.42) 3 Disclosures: Timothy L. Lash – Advisory Committees or Review Panels: European Crop Protection Agency The following people have nothing to disclose: Peter Jepsen, Hendrik V. Vilstrup Purpose: Immune dysfunction contributes to liver disease progression and infection risk in alcoholic cirrhosis (AC). The purpose of the study is to better characterize liver injury biomarkers, Dabrafenib insulin resistance/adipokines, and immune function in subjects enrolled in an NIH-funded, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of zinc sulfate for alcoholic cirrhosis (ZAC). Methods: Baseline data and fasting blood samples of 17 consenting subjects with (Child-Pugh class A or B) AC were evaluated

and compared to 8 non-drinking, healthy controls. Plasma adipokines and whole blood ex vivo lipopolysacharide-stimu-lated (LPS) and phytohemagglutinin-stimulated (PHA) cytokine production were measured by Luminex. Plasma cytokeratin 18 (CK18, M30 and M65) were measured by ELISA. Differences between the means (AC vs. controls) were evaluated by t-test using GraphPad-Prism 上海皓元医药股份有限公司 and statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results: The mean age (55.0±10.1 years) and BMI (26.2±3.9 kg/m2) in AC were similar to controls. The mean Child-Pugh and MELD scores in AC were (6.0±1.4 and 9.0±3.5). 6 AC subjects were still drinking alcohol and 3 had type 2 diabetes. Mean plasma CK18 M30 and M65 were significantly increased in AC compared to controls (p<0.05). Mean insulin levels were significantly increased in AC (p<0.05) while mean glucose levels were similar. There were non-significant trends towards higher adiponectin, leptin, PAI-1, and resistin in AC. Un-stimulated whole blood ex vivo production of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α were significantly increased in AC (p<0.05).