Role of portal color Doppler ultrasonography as noninvasive predictive tool for esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Demographic data of the studied groups

Variable	Group1A Cirrhotic Pt. with EV (n = 67) M ± SD	Group1B Cirrhotic Pt. without EV (n = 33) M ± SD	Control group (n = 100) M ± SD	Test of significance
Age	49.31 ± 14.27	52.88 ± 14.45	50.33 ± 13.3	(Kruskal–Wallis test) < 0.48^NS
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Sex
Male	40(59.7%)	17(51.5%)	69(69%)	χ² test = 3.72
Female	27(40.3%)	16(48.5%)	31(31%)	0.16^NS