Table 1.
Patient demographics
| Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Sex (M:F) | 48:19 |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean | 67 |
| Median (range) | 66 (34–81) |
| Cause of cirrhosis | |
| Alcohol | 16 |
| Hepatitis B | 5 |
| Hepatitis C | 35 |
| Other | 9 |
| Biochemical data | 67 |
| T-bil (mg/dL) | 1.4 ± 0.7 |
| PT (%) | 75 ± 13 |
| Alb (mg/dL) | 3.3 ± 0.5 |
| Child–Pugh classification | |
| A | 43 |
| B | 22 |
| C | 2 |
| MELD score | |
| Median | 62 |
| Mean ± SD | 9.7 ± 2.3 |
| GV | |
| Lg-c | 7 |
| Lg-f | 27 |
| Lg-cf | 33 |
| F1 | 0 |
| F2 | 36 |
| F3 | 31 |
| EV before B-RTO | |
| F1 | 30 |
| F2 | 6 |
| F3 | 0 |
Data provided as median (range); n; or mean ± SD
T-bil total bilirubin, Alb albumin, PT prothrombin time, GV gastric varices, EV esophageal varices, B-RTO balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, Lg-c adjacent to the cardiac orifice, Lg-cf extending from the cardiac orifice to the fornix, Lg-f distant from the cardiac orifice, F1 straight small-caliber varices, F2 moderately enlarged beady varices, F3 markedly enlarged nodular or tumor-shaped varices