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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 4 Different parameters in patients with varices based on its grades

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

Variables

Grade I/II (n = 20)

Grade III (n = 40)

p value

Splenic diameter (mm)

122.34 ± 18.30

119.98 ± 14.56

0.19

APRI

1.59 ± 0.22

1.63 ± 0.19

0.22

PC/SD ratio

909.18 ± 123.50

760.98 ± 127.89

< 0.001

Doppler ultrasound

 PVV (cm/s)

10.22 ± 2.76

7.11 ± 2.01

< 0.001

Shear wave elastography

 Liver stiffness (kPa)

48.65 ± 5.10

50.11 ± 4.44

0.65

 Splenic stiffness (kPa)

55.50 ± 10.57

70.89 ± 3.11

< 0.001

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