Clinical Study
Spleen Stiffness Correlates with the Presence of Ascites but Not Esophageal Varices in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of the patients with cirrhosis.
| | | Patients with ascites () | Patients without ascites () | value |
| | Bilirubin (mg/dL) | 1.4 (0.4–3.9) | 1.1 (0.4–1.7) | 0.064 | | Albumin (g/dL) | 2.8 (2.5–4.1) | 3.5 (2.4–4.0) | 0.055 | | Platelet count (107/L) | 8.3 (3.5–12.7) | 10.4 (3.9–14.3) | 0.12 | | Prothrombin time (%) | 60 (39–100) | 70 (59–90) | 0.012 | | Type IV collagen (ng/mL) | 238 (126–681) | 223 (144–247) | 0.15 | | Hyaluronate (ng/mL) | 724 (82–2860) | 440 (263–728) | 0.047 | | Shear wave velocity, liver (m/sec) | 2.54 (1.65–3.81) | 2.28 (1.79–2.89) | 0.38 | | Shear wave velocity, spleen (m/sec) | 3.41 (2.47–4.41) | 2.90 (2.52–3.50) | 0.012 | | Spleen index | 40.5 (11.3–122.5) | 51.8 (45.8–79.8) | 0.23 |
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Note. Results are expressed as median (range).
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