Clinical Research
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2007; 13(40): 5331-5335
Published online Oct 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i40.5331
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients
Sex (M/F)62/32
Age (yr; mean ± SD)52.32 ± 13.60
Age range (yr)17-79
Aetiology of liver disease (alcoholic/infective/autoimmune/other)43/19/17/15
Child-Pugh class (A/B/C)40/35/19
Mean size of the right liver lobe (mean ± SD)157.71 ± 23.37
Mean size of the spleen (mean ± SD)148.05 ± 33.73
Mean albumin concentration (g/L; mean ± SD)30.79 ± 7.97
Mean thrombocyte number (mean ± SD)134 632.98 ± 75937.83
Oesophageal varices grade (0/I/II/III/IV)23/21/31/15/4