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. 2016 Mar 3;95(8):e2903. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002903

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Kaplan-Meier estimates of bleeding within 8 weeks of esophageal varix ligation in all 505 patients. (A) Stratification according to PPI therapy. Bleeding events occurred in 3 out of 359 patients who received PPIs and in 11 of 146 patients who did not receive a PPI. (B) Stratification according to the presence of gastric varices. Bleeding events occurred in 7 of 110 patients who had gastric varices and in 7 of 395 patients who did not have gastric varices. EVL = endoscopic variceal band ligation, PPI = proton pump inhibitor.