Prevalence of gastric varices and results of sclerotherapy with N-butyl 2 cyanoacrylate for controlling acute gastric variceal bleeding

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with gastric varices

Characteristics	n	(%)
Number of patients	220
Male:Female	141:79	(65:35)
Mean age (yr)	50 ± 11
Etiology of GV
HCV cirrhosis	155	(70)
HBV cirrhosis	38	(17.5)
NBNC	27	(12.5)
NCPHTN	9
Alcoholism	5
Budd-Chiari syndrome	1
Wilson’s disease	1
Child-Pugh classification
(A/B/C)	39/109/72	(18/49/33)
Types of gastric varices
GOV-1	78	(35)
GOV-2	56	(25)
IGV-1	59	(27)
IGV-2	6	(03)
GOV-1 + GOV-2	14	(06)
GOV-2 + IGV-2	3	(1.5)
GOV 1+IGV 2	2	(01)
GOV 1 + IGV 1	2	(01)

Table 2 Comparison between bleeding and non bleeding varices

Characteristics	Bleeding GVn (%)	Non bleeding GVn (%)	P
Age	50.48 ± 11.2	47.52 ± 12.7	0.14
Gender
Male	30 (60)	111 (65.3)
Female	20 (40)	59 (34.7)	0.49
Child Pugh class.
A	12 (24)	27 (15.9)
B	26 (52)	83 (48.8)	0.22
C	12 (24)	60 (35.3)
Type of GV
GOV-I	16 (32)	77 (45.3)	0.09
GOV-II	15 (30)	58 (34.1)	0.58
IGV-I	22 (44)	39 (22.9)	< 0.01
IGV-II	0 (0)	11 (6.5)	0.06
Etiology of PHTN
HBV	6 (12)	29 (17.1)	0.39
HCV	34 (68)	121 (71.2)	0.76
NBNC	6 (12)	21 (12.4)	0.94
Alcoholic	02 (2)	03 (1.8)	0.48
Non cirrhotic PHTN	01 (2)	08 (4.7)	0.59
Wilson’s disease	01 (2)	00 (0)	0.06