Research Article
Short-Term Outcome of Patients with Cirrhosis and Concurrent Portal Cavernoma Presenting with Acute Variceal Bleeding
Table 1
Demographics and clinical characteristics at admission.
| Characteristic | The cavernoma group | The control group | value |
| Age, years | 53.1 ± 11.9 | 53.3 ± 11.8 | 0.487 | Sex, male, % | 19/9 | 38/18 | 1 | Cause of liver disease, | | | 0.580 | Chronic HBV infection | 19 | 31 | | Chronic HCV infection | 0 | 2 | | Alcohol | 3 | 9 | | others | 6 | 14 | | Hemoglobin, g/L | 79.6 ± 23.9 | 73.2 ± 23.5 | 0.242 | Platelet, 1000/mm3 | 121.7 ± 101.9 | 84.7 ± 57.1 | 0.036 | WBC | 5.3 ± 3.1 | 9.1 ± 11.3 | 0.091 | Creatinine, µmol/L | 70.0 ± 20.4 | 76.4 ± 20.9 | 0.962 | ALT, IU/L | 30.3 ± 19.7 | 41.0 ± 56.2 | 0.330 | AST, IU/L | 48.6 ± 30.3 | 57.2 ± 92.9 | 0.633 | Bilirubin, µmol/L | 35.9 ± 38.3 | 26.1 ± 22.9 | 0.149 | Albumin, g/L | 29.7 ± 7.0 | 30.5 ± 5.8 | 0.554 | INR | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 0.455 | Ascites, (%) | 24 (85.7%) | 33 (58.9%) | 0.013 | Encephalopathy, (%) | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (1.7%) | 0.613 | Child-Pugh grade, (%) | | | 0.447 | A | 4 | 14 | | B | 18 | 34 | | C | 6 | 8 | | Child score | 7.36 ± 2.14 | 7.96 ± 1.76 | 0.439 | MELD score | 15.43 ± 5.3 | 16.46 ± 5.4 | 0.851 | Heart rate, beats/min | 84 ± 13 | 83 ± 15 | 0.983 | Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 109 ± 20 | 112 ± 18 | 0.530 | Infection, (%) | 7 (25%) | 12 (20.7%) | 0.712 | Splenectomy, (%) | 10 (35.7%) | 9 (15.5%) | 0.043 |
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Abbreviations. HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; WBC, white blood cell; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase.
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