Gastric variceal pressure gradient in patients with large spontaneous shunts: A novel approach to local hemodynamic assessment

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients (n = 25), mean ± SD/n (%)

Characteristics	Patients enrolled
Age, years	58 ± 14
Male sex	18 (72)
BMI, kg/m2	21.57 ± 3.44
Hypertension	5 (20)
Diabetes	3 (12)
Etiology of liver cirrhosis
Viral hepatitis	18 (72)
Alcohol	1 (4)
Other	6 (24)
Laboratory values (median, Q1-Q3)
ALT (U/L)	26.00 (18.00-39.50)
AST (U/L)	35.00 (29.50-45.00)
ALB (g/L)	35.80 (31.75-38.85)
TB (μmol/L)	19.00 (14.50-24.90)
PLT (109/L)	79.00 (51.50-137.00)
PT (second)	15.00 (14.05-16.20)
INR	1.18 (1.10-1.31)
Oesophageal varices	13 (52)
Ascites	11 (44)
Child-Pugh score
A	18 (72)
B	7 (28)
MELD score (median, Q1-Q3)	9 (7.0-12.0)
MELD-Na (median, Q1-Q3)	9 (8.0-10.5)

BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine transaminase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; ALB: Albumin; TB: Total bilirubin; PLT: Platelet; PT: Prothrombin time; INR: International normalized ratio; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; MELD-Na: Model for end-stage liver disease-sodium.