Doppler ultrasound in liver cirrhosis: correlation of hepatic artery and portal vein measurements with model for end-stage liver disease score in Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 The spleen size correlation with MELD and the hepatic Doppler parameters

		Spleen		Test value•	P-value	Sig.
		No	Yes
		No. = 51	No. =49
MELD Score	Median (IQR)	10 (9 – 11)	16 (15 – 23)	-8.054	0.000	HS
MELD Score	Range	6 – 15	10 – 30	-8.054	0.000	HS
Hepatic Artery Velocity (HAV)	Median (IQR)	65 (50 – 80)	110 (80 – 145)	-5.754	0.000	HS
Hepatic Artery Velocity (HAV)	Range	20 – 145	35 – 240	-5.754	0.000	HS
Hepatic Arterial Resistive Index (HARI)	Median (IQR)	0.66 (0.61 – 0.71)	0.65 (0.59 – 0.69)	-1.485	0.137	NS
Hepatic Arterial Resistive Index (HARI)	Range	0.39 – 0.87	0.06 – 0.81	-1.485	0.137	NS
Peak Velocity of Portal Vein (PVV)	Median (IQR)	18 (16 – 20)	19 (17 – 23)	-2.048	0.241	NS
Peak Velocity of Portal Vein (PVV)	Range	7 – 39	6 – 41	-2.048	0.241	NS

P > 0.05, non-significant (NS), P < 0.05 significant (S), P < 0.01 highly significant (HS), • independent t test, • Mann-Whitney test