Aluminum phosphate gel reduces early rebleeding in cirrhotic patients with gastric variceal bleeding treated with histoacryl injection therapy

Table 1 Baseline data of both groups

Characteristic	PPI group (n = 101)	PPI + APG group (n = 95)	P value
Age (yr)	51.55 ± 12.23	53.57 ± 11.90	0.245
Female/Male	26/75	31/64	0.289
MELD score	10.07 ± 3.32	9.61 ± 3.24	0.329
Prothrombin activity (%)	68.53 ± 15.48	65.63 ± 12.90	0.157
Fibrinogen (g/dL)	2.30 ± 0.76	2.09 ± 0.80	0.064
Platelet (109/L)	102.21 ± 83.68	111.16 ± 100.57	0.498
Albumin (g/dL)	3.52 ± 0.47	3.48 ± 0.58	0.622
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.73 ± 2.15	9.55 ± 1.88	0.524
Patients treated with beta blockers	89	86	0.586

PPI: Proton pump inhibitor; APG: Aluminium phosphate gel; MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease.