Table 1.
Baseline characteristics on patients
| TIPS-125I group (n = 40) | TIPS only group (n = 45) | P-value | |
| Gender | 0.961 | ||
| Male | 27 | 30 | |
| Female | 13 | 15 | |
| Average age | 51 ± 4.3 | 49 ± 6.9 | 0.311 |
| Etiology | 0.923 | ||
| Hepatitis B or C | 24 | 28 | |
| Alcoholic | 8 | 7 | |
| Cholestasis | 4 | 6 | |
| Other | 4 | 4 | |
| Child-Push classification | 0.384 | ||
| A | 6 | 10 | |
| B | 20 | 16 | |
| C | 14 | 19 | |
| Albumin (g/L) | 30 ± 11 | 32 ± 11 | 0.915 |
| Direct bilirubin (umol/L) | 23.1 ± 16.9 | 21 ± 15 | 0.43 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) | 49 ± 36 | 53 ± 41 | 0.756 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 42.5 ± 26.5 | 50.5 ± 37.5 | 0.318 |
| Na+ | 135.5 ± 15.5 | 138.5 ± 16.5 | 0.384 |
| K+ | 3.73 ± 1.27 | 3.49 ± 1.31 | 0.609 |
| MELD score | 11.96 ± 1.68 | 12.77 ± 2.49 | 0.187 |
| Clinical symptoms | 0.486 | ||
| Hemorrhage | 29 | 32 | |
| Chest and/or abdominal dropsy | 6 | 5 | |
| Both | 5 | 8 | |
| First-grade branch of portal vein | 0.571 | ||
| Unobstructed | 18 | 22 | |
| Obstructed | 22 | 23 |
TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; MELD score: Model for end-stage liver disease score.