Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the studied groups before TIPS
|  | Hepatofugal group (no. = 19) | Hepatopetal group (no. = 31) | χ2 test | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Gender | Â | |||||
 Male | 9 | 47.4 | 11 | 35.5 | 0.69 | 0.41 (> 0.05) |
 Female | 10 | 52.6 | 20 | 64.5 | ||
Ascites | ||||||
 Negative | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.43 | 0.94 (> 0.05) |
 Mild | 1 | 5.3 | 3 | 9.7 | ||
 Moderate | 4 | 21.1 | 6 | 19.4 | ||
 Severe | 13 | 68.4 | 21 | 67.7 | ||
History of paracentesis | ||||||
 Negative | 1 | 5.3 | 4 | 12.9 | 0.83 | 0.64 (> 0.05) |
 Positive | 18 | 94.7 | 27 | 87.1 | ||
HE before TIPS | ||||||
 Negative | 19 | 100 | 29 | 93.5 | 1.96 | 0.52 (> 0.05) |
 Positive | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | ||
Child score | ||||||
 A | 2 | 10.5 | 2 | 6.5 | 1.48 | 0.48 (> 0.05) |
 B | 17 | 89.5 | 27 | 87.1 | ||
 C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | ||