Quantitative measurements of esophageal varices using computed tomography for prediction of severe varices and the risk of bleeding: a preliminary study

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Table 6 Quantitative parameters on CT in the study of EVB

Parameters	Non-bleeding group	Bleeding group	p (student t tests)	Univariate analysis OR (95% CI)	p value
EVD (mm)	6.21 ± 2.54	6.21 ± 2.77	0.991	1.001 (0.849, 1.180)	0.991
CSA (mm²)	67.45 ± 66.98	83.41 ± 87.92	0.391	1.003 (0.997, 1.009)	0.391
EVV (mm³)	2.2 × 10³ ± 2.2 × 10³	3.1 × 10³ ± 3.4 × 10³	0.206	1.000 (1.000, 1.000)	0.211
MPV (mm)	15.64 ± 3.32	15.46 ± 2.75	0.785	0.979 (0.842, 1.138)	0.782
SNV (mm)	10.64 ± 3.30	11.40 ± 2.91	0.267	1.090 (0.936, 1.270)	0.266
DLGV (mm)	5.89 ± 2.33	6.04 ± 2.38	0.776	1.029 (0.850, 1.245)	0.773
SV (mm³)	7.6 × 10⁵ ± 4.4 × 10⁵	8.2 × 10⁵ ± 4.5 × 10⁵	0.595	1.000 (1.000, 1.000)	0.591
EVGI	2 (7.14%)	8 (11.94%)	0.899	0.909 (0.470, 1.759)	0.777
EVGII	9 (32.14%)	18 (26.87%)
EVGIII	17 (60.71%)	41 (61.19%)

Parameters except EVG are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and abbreviations are shown in Table 3