Initial treatment approaches for nodular gastric antral vascular ectasia: A comparison of endoscopic band ligation and thermal therapies

Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline

Characteristic	n = 37
Age	61.4
Gender
Female	38%
Male	62%
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	89%
Non-Hispanic black	8%
Latino	3%
Other	0%
MELD
Pre-treatment	14.5
Post-treatment	13.6
Etiology
MASLD/MASH	55%
EtOH cirrhosis	32%
Other	13%
Comorbidities
Hyperlipidemia	35%
Chronic kidney disease	16%
BMI	33.9
Hemoglobin A1c	5.87
Medications
Proton pump inhibitor	97%
Oral	3%
Anticoagulation	19%
Antiplatelet

MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; MASLD: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; MASH: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis; BMI: Body mass index.