Can platelet count/spleen diameter ratio be used for cirrhotic children to predict esophageal varices?

Table 1 Laboratory and ultrasonographic data in the age group of 6-12 years

	Patient with varices (n = 29)	Control(n = 13)	P value
Mean age (yr)	9.7 ± 2.0	10.0 ± 1.9	0.595
Gender (% female)	45	38.5	0.384
INR	1.5 ± 0.5	1.4 ± 0.5	0.860
ALT (IU/L)	57.3 ± 50.8	44.3 ± 29.3	0.210
AST (IU/L)	79.1 ± 71.5	53.1 ± 32.9	0.241
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	3.5 ± 6.0	2.5 ± 4.7	0.618
Albumin (mg/dL)	3.9 ± 0.6	4.2 ± 0.6	0.231
Ultrasonographic ascites (%)	27.5%	0%	0.037
Spleen diameter (mm)	167.3 ± 39.1	151.3 ± 32.4	0.206
Platelet count (thousand/mm3)	129000 ± 53519	153000 ± 97798	0.312
Platelet count/spleen diameter	976.6 ± 793.5	1062.4 ± 718.0	0.741
Child-Pugh score	6.3 ± 1.5	5.7 ± 1.4	0.193

INR: International normalized ratio; ALT: Alanine transaminase; AST: Aspartate transaminase.