Table 1.

General data, Child grade, clinical manifesations, and initial endoscopic manifesations of patients in the two groups.

	EIS + EVL group (n = 44)	EVL group (n = 40)	p value
Age (years)	53.9 ± 9.7	54.5 ± 8.8	0.79
Gender			0.45
Male	35	29
Female	9	11
HBV	35	24	0.50
Initial endoscopic manifesations
Number of bulky veins	2.2 ± 1.0	2.2 ± 0.9	0.97
Thrombus head	32	26	0.44
Ascites	17	19	0.41
Hepatic encephalopathy	1	2	0.93
Increased bilirubin	16	16	0.73
Child, grade			0.14
A	7	10
B	33	22
C	4	8
Type of varices			0.36
Only the esophagus	3	2
GOV1	32	32
GOV2	9	6