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Table 2 The risk factors and high probability criteria met in the two groups

From: Endoscopic ultrasound avoids adverse events in high probability choledocholithiasis patients with a negative computed tomography

 

EUS-first

(n = 44)

ERCP-first

(n = 60)

P value

Risk factor

   

4F* scale (0–4)

4/18/7/14/1

3/35/8/11/3

0.32

Forty (%)

35 (79.5)

45 (75.0)

0.59

Fertility (%)

17 (38.6)

19 (31.7)

0.46

Fatty (%)

6 (13.6)

9 (15.0)

0.85

Female (%)

20 (45.5)

23 (38.3)

0.47

The high probability criteria met

   

Total bilirubin > 4 (mg/dL)

11 (25.0)

19 (31.7)

0.46

Clinical ascending cholangitis

9 (20.5)

11 (18.3)

0.79

Choledocholithiasis on ultrasound

1 (2.3)

1 (1.7)

0.82

Total bilirubin 1.8–4 (mg/dL) & CBD > 6 mm

28 (63.6)

36 (60.0)

0.71

  1. *4F, forty, fertility, fatty, and female
  2. CBD, common bile duct