The Surgical Treatment for Portal Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

  Baseline characteristics of 1042 patients in 16 RCTs.

Study	Age	Male : female ratio	Child-Pugh’s classification	Cirrhosis	History of gastrointestinal bleeding	Lost to followup
Wang et al. [14]	20–57	23 : 7	A, B	30/30	Yes	0/30
Xu et al. [15]	47.5 (30–68)	22 : 4	A, B	26/26	Yes	0/26
Vons et al. [16]	51±8	10 : 5	Unclear	15/15	Yes	0/15
Borgonovo et al. [17]	52.3±9.35	43 : 11	A, B	54/54	Yes	0/54
Xu et al. [18]	21–59	35 : 31	A (19) B (35) C (12)	66/66	Unclear	0/66
Zhao et al. [19]	30–71	54 : 24	A (44) B (34)	Unclear	Yes	0/78
Gao et al. [20]	43.2	Unclear	A (59) B (162) C (7)	Unclear	Yes	36/220
Wang et al. [21]	45.2	43 : 21	A (46) B (18)	Unclear	Yes	0/64
de Cleva et al. [22]	22–56 (range 39)	1 : 1	Unclear	Unclear	Yes	0/36
Strauss et al. [23]	18–55	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	Yes	Unclear
da Silva et al. [24–26]	18–55	63 : 31	Unclear	Unclear	Yes	Yes
Grace et al. [27]	53	68 : 13	A (43) B (35) C (3)	81/81	Yes	Unclear
Warren and whithead [28]	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	55/55	Yes	0/55
Conn et al. [10]	50.7±9	43 : 10	A (50%) B (40%) C (10%)	47/53	Yes	0/53
Fischer et al. [29]	32–69	Unclear	A (22) B (16) C (4)	36/42	Yes	Unclear
Orozco et al. [30]	50.1	35 : 20	Unclear	55/55	Yes	0/55