Incidence of portal vein thrombosis after splenectomy and its influence on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent patency

Table 5 Clinical characteristics of the patients in recurrence of ascites

Time	Group	Ascites		Recurrence of ascites, %	χ2	P value
		Yes	No
3 mo	A	15	240	5.9	9.82	0.001
	B	24	120	16.7
6 mo	A	26	229	10.2	16.15	0.005
	B	35	109	24.3
9 mo	A	51	204	20.0	12.16	0.012
	B	51	93	35.4
12 mo	A	87	168	34.1	4.50	0.024
	B	63	81	43.8
2 yr	A	71	184	27.8	6.56	0.018
	B	57	87	39.6
3 yr	A	104	151	40.8	10.02	0.017
	B	81	63	56.3
		Median recurrent of ascites in mo		Four quantile spacing in mo
Total 3 yr	A	11		(6, 16)			0.009
	B	16		(12, 19)