Outcome of non surgical hepatic decompression procedures in Egyptian patients with Budd-Chiari

Table 5 Lab data and performance status of patients before and after intervention

	Before intervention		One year after intervention		P value	Sig
	mean	SD	mean	SD
Patients with occluded shunts (n = 3)
ALT (N = 7-40 IU/L)	70.33	75.070	29.66	24.66	> 0.05	NS
AST (N = 7-37 IU/L)	42	24.240	42.33	32.51	> 0.05	NS
Total bilirubin (N = 0.2-1.2 mg/dL)	2.9	2.940	1.26	0.832	> 0.05	NS
Direct bilirubin (N = 0-0.3 mg/dL)	1.53	1.560	0.53	0.577	> 0.05	NS
Albumin (N = 3.5-5.3 g/dL)	3.7	0.800	3.56	0.901	> 0.05	NS
Performance status	3.33	0.577	2.00	1.730	> 0.05	NS
Patients with patent shunts (n = 22)
ALT (N = 7-40 IU/L)	66.95	117.265	26.45	8.528	< 0.05	S
AST (N = 7-37 IU/L)	53.95	33.832	32.22	9.586	< 0.01	HS
Total bilirubin (N = 0.2-1.2 mg/dL)	2.818	3.198	1.21	0.414	< 0.01	HS
Direct bilirubin (N = 0-0.3 mg/dL)	1.29	2.022	0.51	0.296	< 0.01	HS
Albumin (N = 3.5-5.3 g/dL)	3.5	0.475	3.93	0.576	< 0.01	HS
Performance status	2.59	1.007	0.18	0.664	< 0.001	VHS

N: Normal range; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; Sig: Significance; NS: Non significant; S: Significant; HS: Highly significant; VHS: Very highly significant.