Table 1.

CLINICAL PARAMETERS OF ALL PATIENTS (n = 110) AT ADMISSION

Parameters	Value
Sex (male/female)	71/39
Age (years)	59 (36‐80)
Etiology of cirrhosis (alcoholic/chronic viral hepatitis C/other)	81/13/16
Indication for TIPS implementation (bleeding/ascites/both)	41/51/18
Child‐Pugh score	8 (5‐12)
Child‐Pugh category (A/B/C)	17/67/26
MELD score	8 (6‐18)
Varices (esophageal: absent/°I‐II/°III‐IV/gastric varices)	12/72/23/3
Variceal bleeding (absent/present)	51/59
Ascites (absent/mild/severe)	20/39/51
Hepatorenal syndrome (absent/type I/type II)	82/22/6
Hepatic encephalopathy (absent/history of)	98/12

Data are shown as median and ranges for continuous variables or total number for categorical variables.