Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study cohort.

From: Circulating extracellular vesicles predict outcome in patient undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement

 

Patients undergoing TIPS

Number of patients (n)

141

Age (years, median and IQR)

60 (24–84)

Sex, n (%)

Female

31 (22.0)

Male

110 (78.0)

TIPS indication, n (%)

Ascites

120 (85)

Bleeding

21 (15)

Etiology, n (%)

ALD

111 (78.7)

MASLD

11 (7.8)

Cholestatic

4 (2.8)

Viral

2 (1.4)

Other

13 (9.2)

Child–Pugh, n (%)

A

9 (6.4)

B

93 (66.0)

C

39 (27.7)

Sodium (mmol/L, median and IQR)

135 (122–144)

Creatinine (mg/dL, median and IQR)

0.93 (0.39–7.17)

Bilirubin (mg/dL, median and IQR)

2.0 (0.4–6.98)

Albumin (g/dL, median and IQR)

2.9 (1.8–4.0)

INR (mmol/L, median and IQR)

1.3 (1.0–3.5)

Platelets (× 1000/µL, median and IQR)

145 (17–455)

ALT (U/L, median and IQR)

38 (9–437)

WBC (× 1000/µL, median and IQR)

6.4 (1.0–25.3)

CRP (mg/L, median and IQR)

12.8 (0.3–146.9)

Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) (ng/mL, median and IQR)

8.8 (6.5–11.2)