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.

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of independent risk factors for liver decompensation

	Decompensation			Varices			Ascites
	Exp(B)	95%CI	aP value	Exp(B)	95%CI	aP value	Exp(B)	95%CI	aP value
Shunt index	8.55	2.24-54.97	0.003	5.10	1.36-19.12	0.015	9.49	1.90-47.34	0.006
AST/ALT	1.14	0.66-1.93	0.64	0.93	0.59-1.45	0.75	1.19	0.69-2.06	0.51
Bil (mg/dL)	0.96	0.84-1.09	0.54	1.02	0.91-1.16	0.64	0.96	0.83-1.10	0.55
PLT (× 103)	0.99	0.97-1.00	0.19	0.98	0.97-1.00	0.04	0.98	0.97-1.00	0.14
Alb (g/dL)	0.37	0.13-1.07	0.06	0.31	0.12-0.75	0.01	0.48	0.17-1.35	0.16
PT (%)	0.96	0.93-1.00	0.07	0.95	0.97-1.03	0.95	0.95	0.92-0.99	0.03

Odds ratios with 95%CI from logistic regression analysis, ^aP < 0.05. AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; PLT: Platelet count; Alb: Albumin; PT: Prothrombin time.