Table 1 Main characteristics of the 47 patients
Sex (M/F) | 30/17 |
Age (mean) | 45 - 79 (61) |
Cause of liver disease, no. (%) | Â |
Postviral | 28 (60) |
Alcoholic | 17 (36) |
Autoimmune hepatitis | 1 (1) |
Extra hepatic portal vein stenosis post surgery | 1 (1) |
Child-Pugh class, no. (%) | Â |
A | 28 (60) |
B | 18 (38) |
C | 1 (2) |
Previous gastic variceal bleeding, no. (%) | Â |
Present | 7 (15) |
Absent | 40 (85) |
Sarin's classification | Â |
GOV-1 | 8 (17) |
GOV-2 | 20 (43) |
IGV-1 | 19 (40) |