Assessment of risk of complications in cirrhosis using portal thallium scans

Table 1 Thallium shunt index for each cirrhosis complication

	Thallium shunt index
	Presence	Abscence	bP value
Varix	0.76 ± 0.41	0.41 ± 0.34	< 0.001
Ascites	0.91 ± 0.40	0.40 ± 0.32	< 0.001
Hepatic encephalopathy	1.11 ± 0.70	0.48 ± 0.36	< 0.001
Variceal bleeding	1.04 ± 0.09	0.47 ± 0.38	< 0.001
Decompensation	0.91 ± 0.39	0.39 ± 0.32	< 0.001

Mean ± SD (%), ^bP < 0.01 by the t test.