Table 5.

Participants BMI and Average Portal Vein Diameter.

BMI ( kg/m2)	Male N (%) PVD	Female N (%) PVD	P-value
Underweight
(<18.50)	8(3.98) 9.77 ± 1.41	21(10.25) 8.76 ± .37	0.047
Normal
(18.50–24.50)	49(24.38) 9.95 ± 1.41	45(22.39) 9.04 ± 1.43	0.043
Overweight
(>25.0)	15(7.46) 9.13±1.25	63(31.34) 9.76 ± 1.39	0.053

^*BMI classification was adapted from Pyrex Journal of Nursing and Midwifery⁶.