Variables
|
PVT
|
Non-PVT
|
Total
|
p value
|
---|
Agea (years)
|
54.5 (17–90)
|
63 (24–91)
|
61 (17–91)
|
0.01
|
Sexb
|
Male
|
19 (67.9)
|
35 (61.4)
|
54 (63.5)
|
0.56
|
Female
|
9 (32.1)
|
22 (38.6)
|
31 (36.5)
|
Blood work
|
Plateletsa (×109)
|
144 (23–574)
|
86 (7–371)
|
98 (7–574)
|
0.06
|
Total proteina (g/dl)
|
6.57 (4.6–9.4)
|
6.4 (2.6–8.3)
|
6.5 (2.6–9.4)
|
0.16
|
Albumina (g/dl)
|
2.86 (1.2–5)
|
3.1 (0.9–4.4)
|
2.9 (0.9–5)
|
0.03
|
Portal hypertension-related endoscopic findings
|
Oesophageal varicesb
|
25 (89.3)
|
37 (66.1)
|
62 (73.8)
|
0.02
|
Portal hypertensive gastropathyb
|
18 (64.3)
|
34 (60.7)
|
52 (61.9)
|
0.75
|
Duodenal varicesb
|
1 (3.6)
|
0 (0)
| |
0.16
|
Non-portal hypertension-related endoscopic findings
|
Gastritisb
|
1 (3.6)
|
15 (26.8)
|
16 (19.1)
|
0.01
|
Gastric ulcerb
|
2 (7.1)
|
2 (3.6)
|
4 (4.8)
|
0.47
|
Duodenitisb
|
2 (7.1)
|
1 (1.8)
|
3 (3.6)
|
0.21
|
Duodenal ulcerb
|
5 (17.9)
|
4 (7.1)
|
9 (10.7)
|
0.13
|
- p < 0.05 is statistically significant
- PH portal hypertension
- aQuantitative values in brackets are expressed as the median (range)
- bCategorical variables are expressed as frequencies (percentages)