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Table 1 The prevalence of RE in chronic liver disease patients

From: High prevalence of reflux esophagitis among upper endoscopies in Chinese patients with chronic liver diseases

GERD#

Liver cirrhosis (n = 879)

Chronis hepatitis (n = 401)

 

Child A

Child B

Child C

Mild

Medium

Liver failure

 

n = 166

n = 324

n = 389

n = 97

n = 201

n = 103

A

24

44

34

5

19

11

B

13

59

69

1

3

15*

C

9

35*

65**

0

1

17**

D

0

5**

21**

0

0

19**

Total

46(27.7%)

143(44.1%)

189(48.6%)*

6(6.2%)

23(11.4%)

62(60.2%)**

  1. Compared with Child A, mild, or moderate hepatitis: *χ2 = 5.76~9.38, P < 0.05,
  2. **χ2 = 10.6~20.33, P < 0.001. #The grade of A, B, C, and D of RE was classified by endoscopy according to Los Angeles classification standards.
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