Therapeutic outcomes and predictors of efficacy for endoscopic variceal ligation plus propranolol in liver cirrhosis-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 1 Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of the study population

Baseline data	Control group (n = 49)	Research group (n = 50)	χ2/t	P value
Gender, n (%)			0.624	0.430
Male	35 (71.43)	32 (64.00)
Female	14 (28.57)	18 (36.00)
Age (years)	53.86 ± 7.03	56.32 ± 9.23	1.490	0.140
Cirrhosis duration (years)	3.61 ± 1.38	4.12 ± 1.75	1.608	0.111
Child-Pugh grade, n (%)			1.974	0.373
A	25 (51.02)	20 (40.00)
B	20 (40.82)	22 (44.00)
C	4 (8.16)	8 (16.00)
Bleeding duration (hour)	21.16 ± 4.45	23.10 ± 6.45	1.739	0.085
Bleeding volume (mL)	598.39 ± 70.59	593.50 ± 73.38	0.338	0.736