Effects of endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for esophagogastric varices on portal hemodynamics and liver function

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis for predictors that increase portal blood flow following endoscopic injection sclerotherapy

Factors	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Factors	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Gender (male)	0.25	0.0770 to 0.7916	0.0180	0.23	0.0186 to 1.9875	0.1820
Age (under 65 year-old)	4.60	1.4521 to 16.6612	0.0088	6.25	0.9121 to 62.0948	0.0784
Child–Pugh (under 7)	2.31	0.7490 to 7.3662	0.1447	–	–	–
ICG-R₁₅ (under 30%)	4.35	1.1917 to 18.7385	0.0255	10.46	1.4460 to 152.5174	0.0391
Para-V	4.20	1.3616 to 13.8270	0.0123	12.45	1.7990 to 170.3335	0.0088
P/A ratio (under 1.5)	4.02	1.3156 to 13.2760	0.0143	13.57	1.9267 to 192.6336	0.0073

OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ICG-R₁₅, indocyanine green retention at 15 min; Para-V, paraesophageal veins; and P/A ratio, portal venous tissue blood flow/hepatic arterial tissue blood flow ratio

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