Table 3.
Parameter | Clinical GI‐GVHD stage | r | p | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Wall thickening, mean (mm) | ||||||
Stomach | 8.4 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 7.2 | −0.24 | 0.34 |
Duodenum | 4.7 | 6 | – | 5.7 | 0.24 | 0.53 |
Jejunum | 7.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | −0.30 | 0.23 |
Ileum | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | −0.08 | 0.72 |
Right‐sided colon | 4.8 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 0.35 | 0.12 |
Left‐sided colon | 5.2 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 0.11 | 0.62 |
Rrectum | 6.5 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | −0.46 | 0.12 |
No. of affected segments | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
Dilatation, mean (mm) | ||||||
Jejunum | 22 | 20 | – | 19 | −0.95 | 0.14 |
Ileum | – | 20 | 19 | 23 | −0.79 | 0.11 |
Right‐sided colon | 34 | – | 31 | 28 | −0.55 | 0.08 |
Left‐sided colon | 28 | – | – | 25 | −0.35 | 0.36 |
Thickness of internal low echoic layer | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.76 | <0.001 |
Hyperechoic mesenchymal fat | ||||||
No | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.03 |
Yes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
Ascites | ||||||
No | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.27 | 0.13 |
Yes | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||
Increased Doppler signaling | ||||||
No | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.65 | <0.001 |
Yes | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
US grade | ||||||
1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.86 | <0.001 |
2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |