Natural history of major complications in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis evaluated by per-rectal portal scintigraphy

Table 1 Characteristics by portal shunt index at entry

	Group I	Group II	Group III	P
	PSI ≤ 10%	10% < PSI < 30%	30% ≤ PSI
Sex (Male/Female), n	25/13	31/15	30/8	NS	2
Age, yr	48.4 ± 11.7	54.3 ± 13.0	54.9 ± 9.9	< 0.01	1
Albumin, g/dL	4.0 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 0.3	3.6 ± 0.4	< 0.01	3
Total bilirubin, mg/dL	0.8 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.4	< 0.05	1
Prothrombin time, %	95.4 ± 17.2	94.5 ± 15.5	92.5 ± 20.2	NS	1
Platelets, /mm3	16.4 ± 5.7	14.7 ± 6.9	10.6 ± 5.0	< 0.01	1

ANOVA: analysis of variance, PSI: portal shunt index, NS: not significant. Data are expressed as mean±SD. ¹Kruskal-Wallis test, ²Mantel-Haenszel test,

³ANOVA.