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Table 1.

Characteristics of seven included studies

First author	Publication year	Study design	Sample size	No of patients C/P	Time of outcome assessment	No of patients with first/second HVPG measurement
First author	Publication year	Study design	Sample size	No of patients C/P	Time of outcome assessment	C	P
Bañares et al¹⁵	1999	RCT	28	14/14	Acute	14/14	14/14
Lin et al¹⁸	2004	RCT	22	11/11	Acute	11/11	11/11
Ren²⁰	2012	RCT	61	30/31	Acute	30/30	31/31
Qu²¹	2012	RCT	54	25/29	Acute	25/25	29/29
De et al¹⁷	2002	RCT	36	18/18	Acute Long-term	18/18 18/17	18/18 18/16
Bañares et al¹⁶	2002	RCT	51	26/25	Long-term	26/24	25/22
Hobolth et al¹⁹	2012	RCT	38	21/17	Long-term	21/21	17/17

Abbreviations: No, number; C, carvedilol; P, propranolol; HVPG, hepatic vein pressure gradient; RCT, randomized controlled trial.