Outcome of the Pediatric Patients with Portal Cavernoma: The Retrospective Study for 10 Years Focusing on Recurrent Variceal Bleeding

Table 1

Clinical and analytical characteristics of the patients at first admission.

Age (years)	8.2 ± 3.6
Sex (M/F)	89/68
Clinical presentations
Variceal bleeding	131
Abdominal distension	97
Splenomegaly	68
Melena	123
Degree of varices; (heavy/medium/modicum/no)	11/28/66/52
Hypersplenism	79
Laboratory tests
PT (s)	14.14 ± 0.24
WBC (10^9/L)	8.11 ± 1.03
INR	1.15 ± 0.02
γ-GGT (U/L)	41.16 ± 5.96
Serum Na (mmol/L)	132.54 ± 2.32
Serum K (mmol/L)	3.9 ± 1.15

Values are expressed as the means ± standard deviation.