Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy for Screening Esophageal Varices among Japanese Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 2

Patients’ background. ALLC, alcoholic liver cirrhosis; CLC, HCV-related liver cirrhosis; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; LC, liver cirrhosis NBNC, non-B, non-C liver cirrhosis; PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis.

Number	29
Age (mean (range))	66.0 (46–78)
Sex (male/female)	20/9
Underlying disease
CLC	5
ALLC	4
NBNC	2
PBC	1
LC + HCC	17
Child-Pugh class
A/B/C	14/14/1