Supportive Effect of Plant Protein in Patients With Hepatic Cirrhosis Secondary to Hepatitis

Objective: Out purpose was to observe the supportive effect of plant protein in patients with hepatic cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis. Methods: Eighty-five patients with hepatic cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis and hypoproteine-mia were included. The treatment group (50 cases) and the control group (35 cases) received high caloric diet that mainly composed of plant protein and routine diet in hospital respectively. At the end of 4 weeks, we observed and assessed changes in clinical symptoms, serum albumin, serum total bilirubin and alanine aminotransferase. Results: Clinical symptoms significantly improved in both groups after treament ( P 0. 05 ). The improvement of fatigue and anorexia in treatment group was more obvious than that in the control group ( P 0.05). The extents of improvement of other symptoms in two groups were similar. Indexes of hepatic function significantly improved after treatment ( P 0.01) . The difference of serum albumin between before and after treatment was significat between the two groups ( P 0.01). The difference of alanine aminotransferase between before and after treatment was also significant between groups ( P 0. 05 ). No significant change in serum total bilirubin before and after treatment was observed between groups ( P 0. 05). Conclusion: High-caloric plant protein dietary was of benefit to patients with hepatic cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis.