Table 2. Comparison of scores for risk categories of varices and variceal hemorrhage.

p-value is significant for <0.05

PALBI: Platelet-Albumin-Bilirubin Score, CTP: Child-Turcotte-Pugh Score, MELD-Na: Model of End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Score, N: Number of patients.

		PALBI Score	CTP Score	MELD-Na Score
Risk Categories	Small Low-Risk Varices (N = 108)	-2.39 ± 0.39	6.84 ± 1.57	12.86 ± 5.63
	Large High-Risk Varices (N = 156)	-2.09 ± 0.43	8.41 ± 1.72	13.24 ± 5.36
	p-value	0.000	0.000	0.359
Variceal Hemorrhage	Yes (N = 102)	-2.25 ± 0.43	8.11 ± 1.84	12.62 ± 5.22
	No (N = 162)	-2.16 ± 0.45	7.56 ± 1.80	13.38 ± 5.61
	p-value	0.119	0.024	0.327