Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 309 patients.

Variable	Value
Age (yr)	54(45‐61)*
Male (%)	67
Cause of cirrhosis
Hepatitis B	173(56)
Hepatitis B/alcohol	54(17.5)
Alcohol	67(21.7)
Other	15(4.8)
Child–Pugh score	7(6‐9)*
Child–Pugh A/B/C (%)	37.9/41.7/20.4
Total Bilirubin (μmol/L)	28(19‐44)*
Albumin (g/L)	31.7(27.4‐36.2)*
ALT (IU/L)	41(31‐66)*
Prothrombin time (s)	16.9(15.3‐18.9)*
Platelets (109/L)	59(42‐84)*
Portal vein diameter (mm)	11.9±1.9†
Spleen width (mm)	44(40‐53)*
EV none/small/large (%)	33.6/13.6/50.8

^*Data are shown as median and interquartile range;

^†Data are shown as mean ± SD