Hepatic arterial hemodynamics and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores in chronic liver disease: insights from Doppler ultrasonography

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Correlation between hepatic artery Doppler parameters and MELD score

	PSV	EDV	RI	PI	Sec	Meld score
PSV
Pearson correlation	1	0.757**	− 0.380**	− 0.421**	− 0.169	0.224
Sig(2-tailed)		0.00	0.006	0.002	0.241	0.118
Number	50	50	50	50	50	50
EDV
Pearson correlation	0.757**	1	− 0.638**	− 0.504**	− 0.171	− 0.006
Sig(2-tailed)	0.000		0.000	0.000	0.236	0.966
Number	50	50	50	50	50	50
RI
Pearson correlation	− 0.380**	− 0.638**	1	0.451**	0.126	0.142
Sig(2-tailed)	0.006	0.000		0.001	0.383	0.327
Number	50	50	50	50	50	50
PI
Pearson correlation	− 0.421**	− 0.504**	0.451**	1	− 0.362**	− 0.102
Sig(2-tailed)	0.002	0.000	0.001		0.010	0.481
Number	50	50	50	50	50	50
Sec
Pearson correlation	− 0.169	− 0.171	0.126	− 0.362**	1	0.043
Sig(2-tailed)	0.241	0.236	0.383	0.010		0.766
Number	50	50	50	50	50	50
MELD score
Pearson correlation	0.224	− 0.006	0.142	− 0.102	0.043	1
Sig(2-tailed)	0.118	0.966	0.327	0.481	0.766
Number	50	50	50	50	50	50