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Table 3 Clinicopathological characteristics in the considerable hypertrophy and minimal hypertrophy groups by univariate analysis

From: Hepatic hypertrophy and hemodynamics of portal venous flow after percutaneous transhepatic portal embolization

Characteristics

CH (n = 15)

MH (n = 33)

P

Epidemiology

 Age

63 ± 12

69 ± 7

0.10

 Sex (male/female)

11/4

24/9

0.96

 HBs-Ag positive (%)

1/15 (6.7%)

8/33 (24%)

0.14

 HCV-Ab positive (%)

0/15 (0%)

1/33 (3%)

0.49

Biochemical factors

 WBC (/μL)

4966 ± 1198

6987 ± 2625

< 0.01

 Hb (g/dL)

12.4 ± 1.5

13.1 ± 1.0

0.07

 Plt (× 104/μL)

23.5 ± 7.9

24.1 ± 7.5

0.81

 CRP (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 1.3

0.9 ± 1.7

0.98

 PT (%)

92.1 ± 27.6

94.5 ± 15.1

0.70

 Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.98 ± 0.53

1.59 ± 0.94

0.02

 AST (IU/L)

53.7 ± 27.5

63.4 ± 57.4

0.53

 ALT (IU/L)

67.9 ± 51.4

84.3 ± 83.3

0.48

 Che (IU/L)

231.6 ± 53.6

250.6 ± 66.9

0.33

 Alb (g/dL)

3.8 ± 0.5

3.9 ± 0.4

0.36

 HbA1c (%)

5.6 ± 0.9

5.5 ± 0.9

0.68

 ICGR15 (%)

10.6 ± 3.7

16.1 ± 3.9

< 0.01

99mTc-GSA scintigraphy

 LHL15

0.914 ± 0.029

0.915 ± 0.074

0.95

Portal pressure

 PVP (cmH2O) before PTPE

13.2 ± 2.3

14.1 ± 3.3

0.34

 PVP (cmH2O) after PTPE

18.2 ± 1.9

20.5 ± 3.7

0.03

Portal flow volume

 IR-pFV (%) on day 1

112 ± 90

90 ± 81

0.40

 IR-pFV (%) on day 3

155 ± 96

90 ± 59

< 0.01

 IR-pFV (%) on day 5

150 ± 108

111 ± 96

0.22

 IR-pFV (%) on day 7

160 ± 112

109 ± 95

0.11

Histological factors

 Fibrosis (f2,3,4) (%)

1/15 (6.7%)

14/33 (42.4%)

0.01

  1. HBs-Ag hepatitis B surface antigen, HCV-Ab hepatitis C virus antibody, WBC white blood cell, Hb hemoglobin, Plt platelet, CRP C-reactive protein, PT prothrombin time, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, Che cholinesterase, Alb albumin, HbA1c A1c glycated hemoglobin, ICGR15 indocyanine green retention test at 15 min, 99mTc-GSA technetium 99 m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-galactosyl-human serum albumin, LHL15, receptor index: uptake ratio of the liver to that of the liver plus heart at 15 min of technetium 99 m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-galactosyl-human serum albumin scintigraphy, PVP portal venous pressure, PTPE percutaneous transhepatic portal embolization, IR-pFV increase rate of portal venous flow volume