Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients with gastric varices
| Characteristics | n | (%) |
| Number of patients | 220 | |
| Male:Female | 141:79 | (65:35) |
| Mean age (yr) | 50 ± 11 | |
| Etiology of GV | ||
| HCV cirrhosis | 155 | (70) |
| HBV cirrhosis | 38 | (17.5) |
| NBNC | 27 | (12.5) |
| NCPHTN | 9 | |
| Alcoholism | 5 | |
| Budd-Chiari syndrome | 1 | |
| Wilson’s disease | 1 | |
| Child-Pugh classification | ||
| (A/B/C) | 39/109/72 | (18/49/33) |
| Types of gastric varices | ||
| GOV-1 | 78 | (35) |
| GOV-2 | 56 | (25) |
| IGV-1 | 59 | (27) |
| IGV-2 | 6 | (03) |
| GOV-1 + GOV-2 | 14 | (06) |
| GOV-2 + IGV-2 | 3 | (1.5) |
| GOV 1+IGV 2 | 2 | (01) |
| GOV 1 + IGV 1 | 2 | (01) |