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

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 6 Comparison of different predictors in the studied groups in relation to the grade of esophageal varices

Esophageal varices N = 67	Grade 1 (n = 26) M ± SD	Grade 2 (n = 18) M ± SD	Grade 3 (n = 14) M ± SD	Grade 4 (n = 9) M ± SD	p value (Kruskal Wallis test)
PC/SD ratio	725.6 ± 273.5	567.9 ± 280.2	347.8 ± 162.6	293.8 ± 91.8	< 0.001*
Portal vein flow velocity	12.7 ± 2.4	12.2 ± 1.2	11.9 ± 3.5	11.7 ± 1.3	0.327^NS
Portal vein diameter	12.67 ± 2.24	14.14 ± 1.7	14.74 ± 1.79	14.68 ± 1.7	0.001*
Portal congestion index	0.13 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.03	0.551^NS
Hepatic artery resistive index	0.7 ± 0.03	0.7 ± 0.03	0.7 ± 0.03	0.7 ± 0.03	0.962^NS
Hepatic artery pulsatility index	1.4 ± 0.08	1.4 ± 0.12	1.4 ± 0.07	1.3 ± 0.08	0.303^NS
Splenic artery resistive index	0.7 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.01	0.390^NS
Portal hypertensive index	2.7 ± 0.65	2.7 ± 0.31	2.5 ± 0.51	2.8 ± 0.27	0.210^NS
Liver vascular index	9.1 ± 1.98	8.6 ± 1.11	8.6 ± 2.8	8.7 ± 1.25	0.581^NS