Clinical Study
Pathological Features of Mitochondrial Ultrastructure Predict Susceptibility to Post-TIPS Hepatic Encephalopathy
Table 1
Perioperative clinical characteristics of two groups.
| | Items | Group A | Group B | t/χ2 | P |
| | Patient (n) | 78 | 42 | | | | Gender (M/F, n) | 54/24 | 30/12 | 0.063 | 0.802 | | Age (mean ± SD, years) | 54.2±8.18 | 52.9±9.13 | 0.775 | 0.440 | | CTP (n, %) | | | 6.753 | 0.056 | | Stage A | 39 (50.0) | 25 (59.5) | | | | Stage B | 24 (30.8) | 13 (31.0) | | | | Stage C | 15 (19.2) | 4 (9.5) | | | | MELD score | 7.04±3.21 | 8.23±4.83 | 1.250 | 0.214 | | ALT (U/L) | 28.6±14.4 | 28.0±15.4 | 0.215 | 0.830 | | AST (U/L) | 47.7±12.6 | 45.3±13.2 | 0.342 | 0.647 | | Ammonia (mean ± SD, μmol/L) | 50.4±17.0 | 64.8±29.3 | 1.741 | 0.306 | | PPG (mean ± SD, mmHg) | | | | | | Before shunt | 26.0±4.67 | 25.7±4.82 | 0.431 | 0.668 | | After shunt | 15.1±4.31 | 15.2±4.10 | 0.030 | 0.976 | | PPG reduction (mean ± SD, mmHg) | 10.9±2.60 | 10.5±2.51 | 0.841 | 0.402 |
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ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; CTP: Child-Pugh stage; MELD: model for end-stage liver disease; PPG: portal pressure gradient.
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