Relationship between retinopathy and cirrhosis

Table 1 Clinical, laboratory, and endoscopic features of cirrhotic patients.

	Cirrhotic group	Healthy group
Age (yr)	47.5±9.3	43.4±14.1
Gender (male/female)	25/7 (78%/22%)	18/14 (56%/44%)
Glucose (mg/dL)	101±11
Albumin (g/dL)	3.08±0.65
Sodium (meq/L)	135±5
Platelet count (/mm3)	111567±63687
Gastric varices	14 (44%)
Esophageal varices	27 (84%)
Spider angioma	13 (41%)
Hepatitis B	18 (56%)	-
Alcohol	16 (50%)	-
β-blocker usage	26 (81%)	-
Diuretic usage	20 (63%)	-

Table 2 Demographic clinical and laboratory features of the patients with retinopathy.

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5
Age (yr)	41	48	57	54	67
Gender	Male	Male	Female	Male	Male
Etiology	Alcohol	Alcohol	Hepatitis B	Alcohol	Hepatitis B
Child–Pugh class	C	C	B	B	B
Exudate	Macular and peripheral; bilateral	Macular;unilateral	Bilateral	Around macula; unilateral	Scattered;bilateral
Varices	Present1	Present	Present	Present	Present
Glucose	95	121	98	92	103
Plt2 (/mm3)	49 000	42 000	40 000	221 000	89 000
PT (s)	12.1	34.4	13.3	10.2	13.6
Drugs3	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present

¹All cases had both esophageal and gastric varices except case 1. Case 1 did not have gastric varices.

²Platelet count.

³Beta-blocker and diuretic agents.

Table 3 Schirmer test results, break-up time, and IOP values of the participants.

	Cirrhotic group	Healthy group	P
Schirmer test1	13.8±3.12	15.0±1.72	0.046
	14.5±2.63	15.0±1.73	P>0.05
Break-up time4	12.5±2.82	12.2±2.12	P >0.05
	12.5±2.73	11.9±2.23	P >0.05
IOP	14.1±2.52	15.4±2.12	0.02
			0.01
	14.0±2.33	15.3±2.03

¹mm;

²Right eye;

³Left eye;

⁴Seconds.