Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2017.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2017; 23(43): 7746-7755
Published online Nov 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i43.7746
Table 1 Clinical features of patients with gastric varices
Clinical featuresn (%)
Total number of patients519
Male392 (75.5)
Female127 (24.5)
Mean age (yr)47.9 ± 10.8
Etiology of gastric varices
HBV cirrhosis386 (74.3)
HCV cirrhosis21 (4.0)
Alcoholism cirrhosis18 (3.5)
Combined cirrhosis19 (3.7)
Cryptogenic cirrhosis29 (5.6)
Others (PBC, Budd-Chiari syndrome, PVT, etc.)46 (8.9)
Classification of gastric varices
GOV153 (10.2)
GOV2153 (29.5)
GOV1 + GOV2304 (58.6)
IGV17 (1.3)
IGV22 (0.4)
Child-Pugh classification
A195 (37.6)
B231 (44.5)
C93 (17.9)