Table 3.
correlation coefficients
| HPI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair | Scale level | Coefficient | Result | p |
| HPI/bleeding event | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.126 | |
| HPI/variceal band ligation | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.232 | |
| HPI/presence of esophageal varices | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.083 | |
| HPI/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | 0.544 | 0.544 |
| HPI/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | 0.075 | 0.564 |
| HPI/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | 0.037 | 0.804 |
| HPI/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | 0.027 | 0.807 |
| HPI subgroup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair | Scale level | Coefficient | Result | p |
| HPI/bleeding event | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.131 | |
| HPI/variceal band ligation | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.209 | |
| HPI/presence of esophageal varices | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.384 | |
| HPI/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | 0.146 | 0.418 |
| HPI/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | 0.119 | 0.387 |
| HPI/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | 0.228 | 0.203 |
| HPI/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | 0.177 | 0.194 |
| PVP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair | Scale level | Coefficient | Result | p |
| PVP/bleeding event | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.031 | |
| PVP/variceal band ligation | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.015 | |
| PVP/presence of esophageal varices | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.099 | |
| PVP/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | − 0.124 | 0.397 |
| PVP/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | − 0.095 | 0.411 |
| PVP/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | 0.006 | 0.964 |
| PVP/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | 0.012 | 0.907 |
| PVP subgroup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair | Scale level | Coefficient | Result | p |
| PVP/bleeding event | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.106 | |
| PVP/variceal band ligation | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.125 | |
| PVP/presence of esophageal varices | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.273 | |
| PVP/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | 0.027 | 0.883 |
| PVP/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | 0.032 | 0.820 |
| PVP/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | − 0.265 | 0.142 |
| PVP/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | − 0.194 | 0.163 |
| BF spleen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair | Scale level | Coefficient | Result | p |
| BF/bleeding event | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.119 | |
| BF/variceal band ligation | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.092 | |
| BF/presence of esophageal varices | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.146 | |
| BF/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | − 0.193 | 0.179 |
| BF/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | − 0.148 | 0.194 |
| BF/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | − 0.211 | 0.098 |
| BF/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | − 0.159 | 0.101 |
| BF spleen subgroup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair | Scale level | Coefficient | Result | p |
| BF/bleeding event | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.038 | |
| BF/variceal band ligation | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.078 | |
| BF/presence of esophageal varices | metric/nominal | Eta | 0.066 | |
| BF/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | − 0.226 | 0.221 |
| BF/Child–Pugh score | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | − 0.180 | 0.202 |
| BF/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Spearman-Rho | − 0.157 | 0.398 |
| BF/grading of the esophageal varices | metric/ordinal | Kendall-Tau-b | − 0.130 | 0.357 |
BF blood flow, HPI hepatic perfusion index, PVP portal venous perfusion