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Description of the HALT-C Trial cohort. Amongst the 744 patients without baseline varices, 441 continued to have no detectable varices during follow-up while 157 developed new gastroesophageal varices. Amongst the 272 patients with baseline gastroesophageal varices, 136 patients had stable or improved varices while 74 subjects had worsening varices.
