Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients

Sex (M/F)	62/32
Age (yr; mean ± SD)	52.32 ± 13.60
Age range (yr)	17-79
Aetiology of liver disease (alcoholic/infective/autoimmune/other)	43/19/17/15
Child-Pugh class (A/B/C)	40/35/19
Mean size of the right liver lobe (mean ± SD)	157.71 ± 23.37
Mean size of the spleen (mean ± SD)	148.05 ± 33.73
Mean albumin concentration (g/L; mean ± SD)	30.79 ± 7.97
Mean thrombocyte number (mean ± SD)	134 632.98 ± 75937.83
Oesophageal varices grade (0/I/II/III/IV)	23/21/31/15/4