Predicting hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis: A UK population-based study and validation of risk scores.

Using data from the UK, the previously developed HE risk scores were found to be reliable for selecting those most likely to progress to HE in patients with liver cirrhosis. Despite the HE risk scores originally being estimated using the data from a predominately male US cohort, the scores were validated and found to be generalizable to female patients.