Brief Article
Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2009; 15(39): 4945-4951
Published online Oct 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4945
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients
Variables at baselinen (%)
Total number148
Median age (yr)50.13 ± 13.55, (14-78)
Sex ratio (M:F)108:40
Underlying cause
Viral hepatitis B87 (58.8)
Viral hepatitis C7 (4.7)
Alcoholic cirrhosis14 (9.4)
Primary biliary cirrhosis6 (4.1)
Drug-induced liver cirrhosis2 (1.3)
Budd-Chiari syndrome3 (2.0)
CTPV4 (2.7)
Wilson’s disease1 (0.67)
Unknown etiology24 (16.2)
Association with other diseases
Type-2 diabetes16 (10.8)
Primary hepatic carcinoma12 (8.1)
Hypertensive disease9 (6.1)
Portal vein thrombogenesis3 (2.0)
Clinical classification
Isolated GV30 (20.3)
EGV received EVS or EVL72 (48.6)
Residual GV after EVS or EVL20 (13.5)
GV bleeding after disconnection18 (12.2)
Other condition8 (5.4)
Sarin’s category (%)
GOV-168 (45.9)
GOV-249 (33.1)
IGV-130 (20.3)
IGV-21 (0.67)
Child-Pugh class
A/B/C42/73/33