Portal hemodynamics as predictors of high risk esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Table 2 mean ± SD of the primary and derivative echo-Doppler factors in study population according to presence of esophageal varices in any size

	With EV	Without EV	P value	AUC
Portal vein flow velocity (cm/s)	13.25 ± 3.66	20.25 ± 5.05	< 0.0005	0.113
Portal vein diameter (mm)	13.88 ± 2.42	12.00 ± 1.69	0.004	0.242
Hepatic artery resistance index	0.73 ± 0.07	0.66 ± 0.07	0.001	0.210
Splenic artery resistance index	0.73 ± 0.06	0.62 ± 0.08	< 0.0005	0.168
Spleen size (cm)	15.98 ± 3.01	14.76 ± 3.66	0.166	0.431
Liver vascular index	8.31 ± 2.72	17.08 ± 6.28	< 0.0005	0.114
Congestion index	0.11 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.03	< 0.0005	0.128
Portal hypertensive index	2.62 ± 0.79	1.33 ± 0.53	< 0.0005	0.072

EV: Esophageal varices; AUC: Area under the curve.