Table 1.
Comparison of patient background between the jelly-filling method and the water-filling method.
| Evaluated Items | Jelly-Filling Method (n = 13) |
Water-Filling Method (n = 17) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), median (range) | 66 (40–77) | 66 (43–83) | 0.630 |
| Sex, n | 0.440 | ||
| Male | 10 | 10 | |
| Female | 3 | 7 | |
| Cause of liver cirrhosis, n | |||
| Alcoholic/PBC/NASH/virus/unknown | 5/3/3/1/1 | 6/4/2/3/2 | 0.205 |
| Indication of endoscopic treatment, n | |||
| Elective/prophylactic | 0/13 | 4/13 | 0.113 |
| Endoscopic findings of esophageal varices, n | |||
| Location | |||
| Li/Lm/Ls | 4/7/2 | 1/12/4 | 0.332 |
| Form | |||
| F1/F2/F3 | 1/12/0 | 2/15/0 | 0.717 |
| Color | |||
| Cb/Cw | 13/0 | 16/1 | 0.381 |
| Red color sign (RC) | |||
| RC0/≥RC1 | 4/9 | 10/7 | 0.133 |
Location: Li: Locus inferior, Lm: Locus medialis, Ls: Locus superior. Form: F1; Straight, small-caliber varices, F2: Moderately enlarged, beady varices, F3: Markedly enlarged, nodular or tumor-shaped varices. Color: Cb; Blue varices, Cw; White varices. Red color sign: RC0: Absent, RC1: Small and localized red color findings.