Clinical Features and Outcomes of Repeated Endoscopic Therapy for Esophagogastric Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhotic Patients: Ten-Year Real-World Analysis

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients followed up for 3 years.

Variable	Nonviral ()	Viral ()
Age (year)			<0.001
Male sex	208 (65.4%)	497 (71.8%)	0.039
Cyanoacrylate glue (mL)	1.0 (0.5-1.5)	1.0 (0.5-1.5)	0.790
Lauromacrogol (mL)	20.0 (10.0-30.0)	20.0 (10.0-40.0)	0.027
WBC (×10^9/L)	4.7 (3.0-7.2)	3.7 (2.5-6.1)	<0.001
NLR	3.6 (2.3-6.2)	3.2 (2.0-5.1)	0.005
NEU%	70.8 (61.6-78.3)	70.0 (57.6-77.9)	0.025
NEU (×10^9/L)	3.1 (1.9-5.5)	2.5 (1.5-4.5)	<0.001
LYM%	19.6 (12.9-26.8)	21.5 (14.8-30.1)	0.002
LYM (×10^9/L)	0.8 (0.6-1.2)	0.8 (0.5-1.2)	0.062
RBC (×10^12/L)			<0.001
HGB (g/L)			<0.001
PLT (×109/L)	73.4 (51.8-105.5)	60.2 (43.2-85.0)	<0.001
ALT (U/L)	23.1 (15.9-34.7)	27.0 (18.9-41.5)	<0.001
AST (U/L)	35.0 (23.1-55.4)	34.1 (24.9-48.4)	0.495
TBIL (μmol/L)	24.3 (14.2-40.3)	19.8 (13.9-30.5)	0.001
DBIL (μmol/L)	11.1 (6.2-20.9)	8.0 (5.5-13.1)	<0.001
ALB (g/L)			0.002
GGT (U/L)	57.3 (24.4-117.4)	27.6 (16.1-43.6)	<0.001
CHE (U/L)	3072 (2190-4063)	3091 (2320-4141)	0.237
TC (mm/L)	2.8 (2.1-3.5)	2.6 (2.2-3.4)	0.060
TG (mm/L)	0.7 (0.5-1.1)	0.6 (0.4-0.8)	<0.001
HDL-C (mm/L)	0.8 (0.5-1.0)	0.8 (0.6-1.1)	0.091
LDL-C (mm/L)	1.5 (1.1-2.0)	1.4 (1.1-1.8)	0.070
Cr (μmol/L)	66.0 (57.0-79.0)	63.6 (53.4-73.7)	0.001
PT (s)	14.5 (13.3-16.4)	15.2 (14.0-16.7)	<0.001
INR	1.2 (1.1-1.4)	1.3 (1.2-1.4)	0.044
AFP (ng/mL)	2.7 (1.8-4.3)	4.3 (2.4-8.1)	<0.001
CTP class (A/B/C)	86/176/56	182/354/156	0.192
CTP score	8 (6-9)	8 (6-9)	0.092
MELD score	4 (0-7)	6 (4-9)	<0.001

WBC: white blood cell; NLR: neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; NEU%: neutrophilic granulocyte percentage; NEU: neutrophilic granulocyte; LYM%: lymphocyte percentage; LYM: lymphocytes; RBC: red blood cell; HGB: hemoglobin; PLT: platelet count; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TBIL: total bilirubin; DBIL: direct bilirubin; ALB: albumin; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; CHE: cholinesterase; TC: total cholesterol; TG: total triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Cr: creatinine; PT: prothrombin time; INR: international normalized ratio; AFP: alpha fetoprotein.