Table 1.

Patient characteristics^a

Characteristics	n (%)
Patients	159 (100%)
Age (median years)	58
Sex (male)	108 (68%)
Etiology  ALD  Viral hepatitis  ALD + viral hepatitis  NASH  Cholestatic  Other  Total	63 (40%) 38 (24%) 13 (8%) 14 (9%) 5 (3%) 26 (16%) 159 (100%)
HVPG  6–9 mmHg  10–19 mmHg  ≥ 20 mmHg	21 (13%) 84 (53%) 54 (34%)
Child–Pugh stage  A  B  C	84 (53%) 54 (34%) 21 (13%)
MELD Natrium score	13 [10–17]
MELD UNOS score	10 [9–15]
PT-INR	1.4 [1.2–1.6]
Albumin (g/l)	36 [32–40]
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	1.1 [0.7–2.0]
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.7 [0.6–1.0]

^aContinuous data are expressed as medians with interquartile range in square brackets. Categorical data are expressed as the number of patients with the specific characteristic (with the percentage in brackets). ALD, alcoholic liver disease; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; HVPG, hepatic venous pressure gradient; MELD, Model for end-stage liver disease; UNOS, United Network for Organ Sharing; PT-INR, prothrombin time-derived international normalized ratio