The Combination of Shear Wave Elastography and Platelet Counts Can Effectively Predict High-Risk Varices in Patients with Hepatitis B-Related Cirrhosis

Table 1

Characteristics of all patients included in the study.

Variables	Esophageal varices ()	No esophageal varices ()		High-risk varices ()	No high-risk varices ()
Age-yrs			0.221			0.284
Sex male-no.	40 (0.93)	94 (0.80)	0.054	24 (0.92)	110 (0.82)	0.196
Body mass index-kg/m^2			0.721			0.354
ALT-IU/L	38.00 (28.00, 52.00)	31.00 (20.00, 50.00)	0.041	38.50 (27.75, 54.00)	32.00 (21.00, 50.00)	0.120
AST-IU/L	42.00 (30.00, 64.00)	33.00 (25.00, 44.00)	0.002	47.50 (38.25, 75.25)	34.00 (25.00, 44.25)
TBIL-mg/dl	13.27 (10.50, 17.13)	8.58 (6.73, 11.88)		14.74 (10.86, 18.63)	9.13 (6.89, 12.01)
ALB-g/L		43.30 (39.80, 45.75)	0.002	38.25 (32.90, 42.93)	43.20 (39.85, 45.73)
PLT-×10^9/L
GGT-IU/L	54.00 (31.00, 146.00)	45.00 (28.00, 83.50)	0.155	71.50 (30.00, 194.50)	46.00 (28.00, 82.25)	0.134
Prothrombin time -%			0.004
INR			0.001			0.001
Serum creatinine-mg/dL			0.603			0.221
Child-Pugh class
A-No.	34 (0.79)	112 (0.96)		17 (0.65)	129 (0.96)
B-No.	9 (0.21)	5 (0.04)		9 (0.35)	5 (0.04)
MELD score
HBV DNA-log10IU/mL	3.19 (2.04, 4.44)	3.19 (1.90, 4.08)	0.400	2.97 (1.94, 4.63)	3.20 (1.94, 4.10)	0.682
Liver stiffness-kPa	14.60 (11.50, 20.30)	8.30 (7.10, 10.60)		17.25 (14.38, 26.70)	8.85 (7.18, 11.43)

Data are given as (IQR) for continuous variables and percentage (%) for categorical variables. Calculated from comparison between patients with and without esophageal varices or high-risk varices by the Student -test, Mann–Whitney, or test as appropriate. Abbreviations: yrs: years; IU: international units; kPa: Kilopascal; No.: number.