Table 1.

Comparison of the prevalence of gastric iron in various conditions

	Iron
	+	−	p Value
Hepatic disease
MI	0	28	] 0.2
HE	6	113		] 0.0003
CI	38	157			] 0.006
VX	29	44				] 0.7
R	5	6
MI, HE	6	141	] <0.0001
CI, VX, R	72	207
Sex
MI, HE
Female	1	59	] 0.2
Male	5	82
CI, VX, R
Female	22	65	] 0.8
Male	50	142
Aetiology
CI, VX, R
Alcoholic	8	18	] 0.9		] 0.33
HBV	7	17		] 0.44
HCV	29	103
HCC
MI, HE
HCC+	3	10	] 0.002
HCC−	3	131
CI, VX, R
HCC+	29	95	] 0.4
HCC−	43	112
Transfusion
CI, VX, R
Yes	3	9	] 0.9
No	19	53
Liver iron
Grade 0	8	72	] 0.004
Grade 1	8	44		] 0.01
Grade 2	3	32			] 0.002
Grade 3	2	16				] 0.05
Grade 4	7	8

CI, cirrhosis only; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HE, hepatitis; MI, miscellaneous; R, ruptured varices; VX, cirrhosis with varices.