Research Article
Prediction of Esophageal Varices in Viral Hepatitis C Cirrhosis: Performance of Combined Ultrasonography and Clinical Predictors
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics.
| | EV (41.54) | Non-EV (58.46) | value |
| Age | | | 0.77 | Gender | | | 0.04 | Female | 16 (57.14) | 12 (42.86) | | Male | 11 (29.73) | 26 (70.27) | | Weight (kg) | | | 0.32 | Height (cm) | | | 0.05 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.66 | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | | | 0.18 | Platelet (median/ml) | 114000 | 153000 | 0.009 | Albumin (g/dL) | | | 0.24 | Globulin (g/dL) | | | 0.003 | ALP (U/L) | | | 0.018 | AST (U/L) | | | 0.91 | ALT (U/L) | | | 0.64 | TB (mg/dL) | | | 0.10 | DB (mg/dL) | | | 0.06 | PT (sec) | | | 0.001 | INR | | | 0.001 | PTT (sec) | | | 0.15 | Long axis spleen (cm) | | | 0.003 | Short axis spleen (cm) | | | 0.008 | MPV diameter (cm) | | | 0.17 | Max MPV velocity (cm/s) | | | 0.31 | Min MPV velocity (cm/s) | | | 0.30 | MPV flow (ml/min) | | | 0.65 | Max RHV velocity (cm/s) | | | 0.17 | Min RHV velocity, (cm/s) | | | 0.09 | RHV triphasicity, (%) | 6 (22.22) | 18 (47.37) | 0.03 | HA PSV (cm/s) | | | 0.55 | HA EDV, cm/s | | | 0.15 | HA RI | | | 0.12 |
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Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine transaminase; TB: total bilirubin; DB: direct bilirubin; PT: prothrombin time; INR: international normalized ratio; PTT: partial thromboplastin time; MPV: main portal vein; RHV: right hepatic vein; HA: hepatic artery; PSV: peak systolic velocity; EDV: end-diastolic volume; RI: resistive index.
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