Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics-27 patients who underwent primary prophylaxis
| Clinical characteristics | Number | % |
| No. of patients (male/female) | 27(21/6) | 71.4/28.6 |
| Mean age (yr) | 55.29 | |
| Etiology of gastric varices | ||
| Liver cirrhosis | 27 | 100 |
| Hepatitis B | 14 | 51.9 |
| Hepatitis C | 3 | 11.1 |
| Alcoholic | 6 | 22.2 |
| Unknown | 4 | 14.8 |
| Association of hepatocellular carcinoma | 5 | 18.5 |
| Child-Pugh classification (A/B/C) | 12/11/4 | 44.4/40.7/14.9 |
| Sarin classification of gastro-esophageal varices | ||
| GOV1 | 15 | 55.6 |
| GOV2 | 10 | 37 |
| IGV1 | 2 | 7.4 |
| IGV2 | 0 | 0 |
| Form of gastric varices | ||
| F1 | 3 | 11.1 |
| F2 | 9 | 33.3 |
| F3 | 15 | 55.6 |
GOV: Gastro-esophageal varices; IGV: Isolated gastric varices.