Portal hypertensive gastropathy: A systematic review of the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, natural history and therapy

Table 7 Factors not affecting risk of portal hypertensive gastropathy

Factors not affecting risk of portal hypertensive gastropathy	Ref.
Etiology of cirrhosis	[8,28,30]
Etiology of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension	[8,14,35,83,108]
Alcoholism	[30,42]
NSAID use	[42]
Use of COX-2 inhibitors	[42]
Smoking tobacco	[42]
Gastric infection with Helicobacter pylori	[109,110]

NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; COX-2: Cyclooxygenase-2.