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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 3 Different parameters in patients with gastric varices

From: Diagnostic accuracy of shear wave elastography versus laboratory parameters as non-invasive screening tool for esophageal varices

Variables

Gastric varices (n = 15)

No-gastric varices (n = 85)

p value

Splenic diameter (mm)

121.14 ± 18.33

122 ± 20.20

0.54

APRI

1.59 ± 0.19

1.61 ± 0.40

0.20

PC/SD ratio

888.12 ± 160.22

899.87 ± 130.56

0.30

PVV (cm/s)

7.78 ± 2.29

7.91 ± 1.34

0.13

Hepatic elastography (kPa)

48.76 ± 5.17

50.01 ± 4.11

0.60

Splenic elastography (kPa)

64.56 ± 10.45

66.02 ± 2.34

0.12

  1. Data was expressed in form of mean ± SD. p value was significant if < 0.05
  2. PVV portal vein velocity, APRI AST/platelet ratio index, PC/SD platelet count/splenic diameter
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