Short-Term Effects and Early Complications of Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices

Table 3

Comparison of demographic variables between the patients with and without ascites after BRTO.

Ascites	Yes (𝑛=26)	No (𝑛=51)	P value
Age (years)	64.2 ± 10.6	60.2 ± 12.8	0.1778
Gender			0.3666
Male	19	32
Female	7	19
Timing of treatment			0.2439
Emergency cases	7	8
Prophylactic cases	19	43
Etiology			0.9351
Viral infection	13	26
No viral infection	13	25
Serum albumin (g/dL)	2.95 ± 0.47	3.36 ± 0.61	0.0067 *
Serum total bilirubin; (mg/dL)	1.53 ± 0.92	1.12 ± 0.55	0.0342 *
Prothrombin time (%)	66.88 ± 12.43	75.71 ± 12.71	0.0076 *
Platelets (×10^4 μL)	8.13 ± 2.89	9.68 ± 4.03	0.0915
Child-Pugh score	8.08 ± 1.60	6.76 ± 1.57	0.0023 *
Hepatocellular carcinoma			0.9488
Present	10	20
Absent	16	31
CT findings
Pleural effusion	17	14	0.0013 *
Thrombus	2	5	0.7611

* 𝑃<0.05.