Video Capsule Endoscopy in the Assessment of Portal Hypertensive Enteropathy

Table 2

The predictor factors of PHE. CTP-A: Child-Turcotte-Pugh score A, CTP-B+C: Child-Turcotte-Pugh score B and C, HCV: hepatitis C virus, NASH: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, PSC: primary sclerosing cholangitis, PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis, EV: esophageal varices, PHG: portal hypertension gastropathy, GV: gastric varices, PHE: portal hypertension enteropathy, and OR: odd ratio.

Predictor factors	Number	PHE	No PHE	OR	P-value
CTP-A	46	26	20	0.5	0.01
CTP-B+C	54	39	15	2.0	0.01
Alcohol	37	20	17	0.4	0.04
HCV	22	13	9	0.4	0.02
NASH	18	14	4	2.1	0.1
Cholestatic liver disease (PSC+PBC)	8	6	2	1.6	0.4
Thrombocytopenia	69	48	21	1.8	0.09
Male	64	42	22	1.1	0.7
Female	36	23	13	0.9	0.7
EGD + (EV, PHG, or GV)	55	34	21	0.7	0.5
EGD -	45	31	14	1.3	0.5