Doppler Parameters of Hepatic and Renal Hemodynamics in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 5

Renal Doppler US parameters in patients with liver cirrhosis according to MELD score.

Parameter	MELD	N	Mean	SD	95% confidence interval for mean		Minimum	Maximum	P	MELD score (8–46)
					Lower bound	Upper bound				Correlation (r )
	<20	55	32.30	7.13	30.38	34.23	19.90	49.10
RRA-MnV	>20	12	28.47	7.88	23.46	33.47	13.80	39.90	NS	−0.396; 𝑃=0.001
	Total	67	31.62	7.36	29.82	33.41	13.80	49.10
	<20	55	31.37	7.15	29.43	33.30	17.10	49.90
LRA-MnV	>20	12	29.89	9.73	23.71	36.08	14.90	53.50	NS	−0.294; 𝑃=0.016
	Total	67	31.10	7.61	29.25	32.96	14.90	53.50
	<20	55	19.80	5.14	18.41	21.19	11.30	32.30
RRA-EDV	>20	12	15.71	5.46	12.24	19.18	6.80	24.20	0.016	−0.459; 𝑃=0.001
	Total	67	19.07	5.40	17.75	20.39	6.80	32.30
	<20	55	18.51	4.75	17.22	19.79	10.20	30.70
LRA-EDV	>20	12	16.61	7.48	11.86	21.36	6.90	35.20	NS	−0.358; 𝑃=0.003
	Total	67	18.17	5.33	16.87	19.47	6.90	35.20
	<20	55	0.65	0.05	0.63	0.66	0.56	0.79
RRA-RI	>20	12	0.73	0.07	0.68	0.77	00.65	0.86	0.0001	0.552; 𝑃=0.0001
	Total	67	0.66	0.06	0.65	0.68	0.56	0.86
	<20	55	0.66	0.06	0.64	0.67	0.53	0.77
LRA-RI	>20	12	0.74	0.07	0.69	0.78	0.61	0.82	0.0001	0.477; 𝑃=0.001
	Total	67	0.67	0.07	0.66	0.69	0.53	0.82
	<20	55	1.13	0.17	1.08	1.17	0.87	1.57
RRA-PI	>30	12	1.56	0.47	1.27	1.86	1.13	2.62	0.0001	0.604; 𝑃=0.0001
	Total	67	1.21	0.30	1.13	1.28	0.87	2.62
	<20	55	1.16	0.19	1.11	1.22	0.78	1.78
LRA-PI	>30	12	1.56	0.35	1.33	1.78	1.01	2.22	0.0001	0.564; 𝑃=0.0001
	Total	67	1.23	0.27	1.17	1.30	0.78	2.22