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Table 3 Best-fitting multiple stepwise logistic regression predictors of acute variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

From: The coagulation changes associated with acute variceal bleeding in patients with HCV-induced cirrhosis as assessed by rotational thromboelastometry

Variable

AOR

95% confidence interval

p-value

MELD score

2.75

1.23–3.41

0.002

Portal vein diameter (mm)

2.65

1.16–3.35

0.01

CFT-EXTEM (s)

1.9

1.04–2.45

0.02

CFT-INTEM (s)

1.78

1.02–2.14

0.01

  1. AOR adjusted odds ratio after controlling for other confounders. Bold values denote statistically significant results
  2. MELD Model of end-stage liver disease, CFT Clot formation time