Table 2.
The predictor factors of PHE. CTP-A: Child-Turcotte-Pugh score A, CTP-B+C: Child-Turcotte-Pugh score B and C, HCV: hepatitis C virus, NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, PSC: primary sclerosing cholangitis, PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis, EV: esophageal varices, PHG: portal hypertension gastropathy, GV: gastric varices, PHE: portal hypertension enteropathy, and OR: odd ratio.
| Predictor factors | Number | PHE | No PHE | OR | P-value |
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| CTP-A | 46 | 26 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.01 |
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| CTP-B+C | 54 | 39 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.01 |
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| Alcohol | 37 | 20 | 17 | 0.4 | 0.04 |
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| HCV | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.02 |
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| NASH | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
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| Cholestatic liver disease (PSC+PBC) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
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| Thrombocytopenia | 69 | 48 | 21 | 1.8 | 0.09 |
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| Male | 64 | 42 | 22 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
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| Female | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
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| EGD + (EV, PHG, or GV) | 55 | 34 | 21 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
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| EGD - | 45 | 31 | 14 | 1.3 | 0.5 |