Research Article
Blood Ammonia Level Correlates with Severity of Cirrhotic Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy
Table 5
Correlation between portal hypertensive gastropathy score and different variables.
| Parameter | Portal hypertensive gastropathy score () | | R | value |
| Age (years) | 0.187 | 0.194 | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 0.325 | 0.021 | Platelets (×109/L) | −0.127 | 0.378 | WBCs (×109/L) | 0.114 | 0.431 | AST (U/L) | −0.066 | 0.651 | ALT (U/L) | −0.014 | 0.922 | Serum albumin (g/dL) | −0.072 | 0.620 | Total serum bilirubin (mg/dL) | −0.080 | 0.581 | International normalized ratio (INR) | −0.137 | 0.342 | Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.086 | 0.555 | Child-Pugh score | −0.228 | 0.111 | Blood ammonia (μg/dL) | 0.295 | 0.037 | Portal vein diameter (mm) | −0.142 | 0.325 | Splenic longitudinal diameter (cm) | −0.383 | 0.006 | Splenic vein diameter (mm) | −0.233 | 0.104 |
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Statistically significant at . WBCs: white blood cells; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase. |