Research Article

The Significance of Serum CA-125 Elevation in Chinese Patients with Primary Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Multicenter Study

Table 1

Clinical data of 243 patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome at diagnosis.

(%)Mean ± SD

Acute/chronic*31/212 (12.8%/87.2%)Duration of symptoms before diagnosis (months)112.2 ± 109.1
Abdominal pain52 (21.4%)Age (years)46.3 ± 11.4
Distension of abdomen73 (30.0%)Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)41.4 ± 33.6
Gastrointestinal bleeding42 (17.3%)Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)33.5 ± 26.4
Anorexia42 (17.3%)Albumin (g/L)37.1 ± 7.6
Leg edema131 (53.9%)Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)136.5 ± 146.4
Leg pigmentation108 (44.4%)Total bilirubin (μmol/L)48.5 ± 86.4
Leg ulcer32 (13.2%)Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)21.6 ± 46.9
Abdominal wall distended veins125 (51.4%)Glutamyl peptide transferase (U/L)117.6 ± 109.7
Leg varices105 (43.2%)Prothrombin time (s)14.7 ± 7.2
Hepatomegaly67 (27.6%)White blood cell (×109/L)4.6 ± 3.4
Location of outflow obstructionHemoglobin (g/L)117.4 ± 26.3
 IVCa16 (6.6%)Platelet (×1012/L)141.3 ± 97.6
 HVb59 (24.3%)Alpha fetal protein (ng/mL)17.3 ± 74.4
 Both168 (69.1%)Spleen diameter (cm)15.3 ± 3.2

Acute group: duration of symptoms ≤6 months; chronic group: duration of symptoms >6 months.
aHV = hepatic veins; bIVC = inferior vena cava.