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

Table 3 mean ± SD of the primary and derivative echo-Doppler factors according to presence of large esophageal varices

	With LEV	Without LEV	P value	AUC
Portal vein flow velocity (cm/s)	12.13 ± 2.59	15.26 ± 5.06	0.001	0.715
Portal vein diameter (mm)	14.54 ± 1.48	13.24 ± 2.55	0.037	0.748
Hepatic artery resistance index	0.80 ± 0.06	0.70 ± 0.06	0.003	0.820
Splenic artery resistance index	0.76 ± 0.11	0.69 ± 0.06	< 0.0005	0.656
Spleen size (cm)	17.62 ± 3.05	15.21 ± 2.99	0.003	0.724
Liver vascular index	6.48 ± 2.78	10.96 ± 5.05	< 0.0005	0.817
Congestion index	0.14 ± 0.04	0.09 ± 0.03	< 0.0005	0.797
Portal hypertensive index	3.18 ± 0.90	2.14 ± 0.77	< 0.0005	0.791

LEV: Large esophageal varices; AUC: Area under the curve.