Blood Ammonia Level Correlates with Severity of Cirrhotic Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy

Table 4

Relationship of portal hypertensive gastropathy score with demographic, clinical, and endoscopic characteristics.

Parameter	Portal hypertensive gastropathy score ()		value
		Mean ± SD
Sex
Male	142	1.89 ± 1.05	0.954
Female	61	1.87 ± 1.13
Hepatitis C virus
No	4	1.00 ± 0.83	0.408
Yes	199	1.89 ± 1.07
Hepatitis B virus
No	199	1.89 ± 1.08	0.611
Yes	4	1.50 ± 0.71
Ascites
No	133	1.75 ± 1.04	0.334
Yes	90	2.05 ± 1.09
History of hepatic encephalopathy
No	175	1.84 ± 1.02	0.486
Yes	28	2.14 ± 1.35
Child-Pugh class
Class A	97	1.75 ± 0.99	0.716
Class B	66	2.00 ± 1.27
Class C	40	2.00 ± 0.94
EV grading
Grade 1	81	1.85 ± 1.27	0.616
Grade 2	81	1.75 ± 0.85
Grade 3	37	2.11 ± 1.05
Grade 4	4	3.00 ± 0.95
EV red color sign (RC)
RC0 (none)	122	1.93 ± 1.17	0.912
HCS (hematocystic spots)	20	1.60 ± 0.55
CRS (cherry red spots)	12	1.67 ± 1.16
RWM (red wale markings)	49	1.92 ± 0.99
EV form (F)
F1	113	1.82 ± 1.19	0.780
F2	60	1.87 ± 0.83
F3	30	2.14 ± 1.07
EV risk signs
No	131	1.88 ± 1.16	0.965
Yes	72	1.89 ± 0.90
EV location (L)
LI (inferior)	121	1.77 ± 0.94	0.046
LM (medialis)	69	1.82 ± 1.13
LS (superior)	13	3.33 ± 1.16
EV color (C)
Cw (white varices)	142	1.89 ± 1.13	0.954
Cb (blue varices)	61	1.87 ± 0.92

Statistically significant at . EV: esophageal varices; GAVE: gastric antral vascular ectasia.