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Table 2 Comparison of TE, ALBI, ALBI-PLT, and PALBI in patients with small and large esophageal varices

From: Prediction of esophageal varices in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis using albumin-bilirubin, platelets-albumin-bilirubin score, albumin-bilirubin-platelets grade, and GAR

 

Esophageal varices

p

Small

Large

N = 132

N = 71

Transient elastography (kPa)

30.84 ± 12.68

29(17.1)

33.33 ± 14.18

29.8 (14.7)

0.44#

ALBI score

− 1.92 ± 0.83

− 2.08(1.1)

− 1.29 ± 0.57

− 1.47(0.7)

0.001#

ALBI-PLT score

3.89 ± 0.92

4(0.5)

4.18 ± 0.78

4(1)

0.039#

PALBI score

− 2.24 ± 0.55

− 2.34 (0.7)

− 1.80 ± 0.43

− 1.9 (0.5)

0.001#

GAR

1.63 ± 1.64

1.08(1.37)

1.54 ± 1.61

0.86(1.02)

0.535#

  1. #Mann-Whitney test. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation and median (interquartile range) for data out of normal distribution