Clinical Study
Spleen Stiffness Correlates with the Presence of Ascites but Not Esophageal Varices in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
Table 1
Clinical and laboratory findings.
| | | Healthy volunteers () | | Patients | | | | All () | Chronic hepatitis () | Cirrhosis () |
| | Age (y)* | 32 (25–41) | 67 (51–84) | 65 (51–73) | 67.5 (53–84) | | Male/female | 5/9 | 17/16 | 4/5 | 13/11 | | Bilirubin (mg/dL)* | | 1.0 (0.4–3.9) | 0.5 (0.6–1.2) | 1.3 (0.4–3.9) | | Albumin (g/dL)* | | 3.4 (2.4–4.5) | 4.3 (3.5–4.5) | 3.0 (2.4–3.9) | | Platelet count (107/L)* | | 10.3 (3.5–21.5) | 15.4 (10.3–21.5) | 8.4 (3.5–14.3) | | Prothrombin time (%)* | | 69 (39–100) | 77 (64–100) | 66.5 (39–84) | | Type IV collagen (ng/mL)* | | 217 (100–681) | 134 (100–255) | 229 (126–681) | | Hyaluronate (ng/mL)* | | 454 (29–2860) | 68 (29–627) | 512 (245–2860) | | Ascites | | | | | | + | | 15 | 0 | 15 | | − | | 18 | 9 | 9 | | Varices | | | | | | + | | 12 | 0 | 12 | | − | | 21 | 9 | 12 | | Child-Pugh score | | | | | | Grade A | | | | 8 | | Grade B | | | | 10 | | Grade C | | | | 6 |
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Note. *Results are expressed as median (range).
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