Research Article
The Presence of Ascites Affects the Predictive Value of HVPG on Early Rebleeding in Patients with Cirrhosis
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the studied patients.
| | Variables | Patients () | Ascites group () | Nonascites group () | |
| | Age (y), median (IQR) | 51.5 (15.75) | 53.0 (16.00) | 50.0 (13.50) | 0.071 | | Gender, (%) | | | | 0.607 | | Male | 46 (31.1) | 53 (67.1) | 20 (29.0) | | | Female | 102 (68.9) | 26 (32.9) | 49 (71.0) | | | AST (IU/L), median (IQR) | 33.5 (20.5) | 34.0 (19.0) | 33.0 (24.0) | 0.745 | | ALT (IU/L), median (IQR) | 25.0 (15.8) | 25.0 (19.0) | 25.0 (14.0) | 0.917 | | PLT (109/L), median (IQR) | 71.5 (72.5) | 66.0 (71.0) | 83.0 (78.0) | 0.118 | | TBIL (μmol/L), median (IQR) | 19.9 (10.7) | 20.5 (12.1) | 18.9 (9.85) | 0.138 | | ALB (g/L), median (IQR) | 33.4 (7.4) | 31.2 (7.7) | 34.7 (7.4) | <0.001 | | INR, median (IQR) | 1.21 (0.25) | 1.24 (0.25) | 1.20 (0.16) | 0.019 | | Accepting NSBB, (%) | 106 (71.6) | 48 (60.76) | 58 (84.06) | 0.002 | | Ascites, (%) | 79 (53.4) | NA | NA | NA | | Early rebleeding, (%) | 15 (10.1) | 10 (12.66) | 5 (7.25) | 0.414 | | HVPG (mmHg), mean (SD) | 15.0 (4.66) | 15.46 (4.52) | 14.44 (4.79) | 0.158 | | Child-Pugh class, (%) | | | | <0.001 | | Child A | 62 (41.9) | 14 (17.72) | 48 (69.57) | | | Child B | 73 (49.4) | 53 (67.09) | 20 (28.99) | | | Child C | 13 (8.8) | 12 (15.19) | 1 (1.45) | | | Etiology, (%) | | | | 0.165 | | Viral | 87 (58.7) | 53 (67.09) | 34 (49.28) | | | Alcoholic | 16 (10.8) | 8 (10.13) | 8 (11.59) | | | Autoimmunogenic | 10 (6.7) | 5 (6.33) | 5 (7.25) | | | Cholestatic | 5 (3.4) | 1 (1.27) | 4 (5.80) | | | Other | 30 (20.3) | 12 (15.19) | 18 (26.09) | |
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AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; PLT: platelets; TBIL: total bilirubin; INR: international normalized; ALB: albumin; NSBB: nonselective beta-blocker; MELD: Model of End-stage Liver Disease; HVPG: hepatic venous pressure gradient; y: years; IQR: interquartile range.
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