TABLE 3.
Adjusted effects of the platelet count/spleen thickness ratio on rebleeding within one year in cirrhotic patients with moderate or severe.
| Platelet count/Spleen thickness ratio | Odds ratios of variceal rebleeding (N = 565) (95% CI), P-value |
|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |
| Continuous | 0.56 (0.44–0.70) <0.001 | 0.53 (0.42–0.67) <0.001 |
| Quartiles | ||
| Q4: > 1.98 | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Q3: (1.36–1.98] | 1.36 (0.72–1.99) 0.503 | 1.08 (0.63–1.53) 0.768 |
| Q2: (1.01–1.36] | 1.99 (1.25–2.74) 0.032 | 1.46 (1.15–1.78) 0.039 |
| Q1: ≤ 1.01 | 2.34 (1.28–3.61) < 0.001 | 2.01 (1.22–2.81) 0.006 |
*Adjusted for age, gender, and etiology of cirrhosis, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, hemoglobin, platelet, international normalized ratio, model for end-stage liver disease, red color sign of EGV, portal vein thrombosis, and esophagogastric varices grade. 95% CI, confidence interval.