Research Article
Serum Liver Fibrosis Markers for Predicting the Presence of Gastroesophageal Varices in Liver Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Characteristics of patients.
| | Variables | Values |
| | Age (years) | 55.14 ± 0.98 | | Sex (male/female): | 76/42 | | Hepatocellular carcinoma (yes/no): | 10/108 | | Ascites (yes/no); . | 52/66 | | Hepatic encephalopathy (yes/no): | 2/116 | | Gastroesophageal varices (yes/no): | 104/14 | | Red blood cell (1012/L) | 3.15 ± 0.07 | | Hemoglobin (g/L) | 89.68 ± 2.52 | | White blood cell (109/L) | 4.16 ± 0.24 | | Platelets count (109/L) | 91.11 ± 5.71 | | Total bilirubin (umol/L) | 26.90 ± 2.37 | | Albumin (g/L) | 32.92 ± 0.58 | | Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) | 46.91 ± 10.91 | | Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 60.64 ± 7.43 | | Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 108.12 ± 6.93 | | Gamma-glutamine transferase (U/L) | 134.29 ± 40.40 | | Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L) | 6.01 ± 0.32 | | Creatinine (umol/L) | 63.72 ± 3.06 | | Prothrombin time (seconds) | 16.00 ± 0.25 | | Activated partial thromboplastin time (seconds) | 42.05 ± 0.63 | | International normalized ratio | 1.29 ± 0.03 | | Child-Pugh score | 7.09 ± 0.17 | | Model for the end-stage of liver diseases score | 5.59 ± 0.47 | | Hyaluronic acid (ng/mL) | 726.87 ± 168.58 | | Laminin (ng/mL) | 141.76 ± 9.49 | | Amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen (ng/mL) | 88.94 ± 10.75 | | Collagen IV (ng/mL) | 157.32 ± 13.95 | | Hyaluronic acid above the reference value: . | 117 | | Laminin above the reference value: | 71 | | Amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen above the reference value: | 114 | | Collagen IV above the reference value: | 83 |
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