Ultrasonographic Determination of Portal Vein Diameter Among Adults with and without Chronic Liver Disease at Selected Referral Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia

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Table 1 Sample Size Determination for the Study Population

Study Group	Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient	Significant Level	Power	Ratio	Sample Size
Control	0.681	0.05	80	1	50
Patients with CLD	0.242	0.05	80	1	50
Total					100

Figure 1 Ultrasonography image showing the level of measurement of the main portal vein and echogenic wall of lumen on a longitudinal section.

Table 2 Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with CLD and Controls at Selected Referral Hospitals Southern Ethiopia, 2021

Variables			Patients with CLD (n=110)	Controls (n=110)	P-value
Sex	Male (n)%		(78)70.9%	(51)46.4%
	Female (n)%		(32)29.1%	(59)53.6%
Age (mean ± SD years)			41.33±11.25	38.52±11.43	0.068
Weight (mean ± SD kg)			48.76±6.96	60.36±7.01	0.001*
Height (mean ± SD cm)			164.85±4.76	163.95±6.8	0.261
BMI (mean ± SD kg/m^2)			17.96 ± 2.62	22.50 ± 2.55	0.001*
PVD (mean ± SD mm)			17.03 ± 1.97	10.79 ± 1.27	0.001*
PVD (range mm)			12.8–20.8	7.70–13.25
Respiratory phasic PVD difference (mean ± SD)			8.92%	21.34%	0.001*
Portal hypertension indicators		Ascites (n)%	107 (97.3%)	-	-
		Splenomegaly (n)%	110 (100%)	-	-

Note: *P-value < 0.05.

Table 3 Respiratory Phasic Portal Vein Diameter Variation in Patients with CLD and Control Group at Selected Referral Hospitals Southern Ethiopia, 2021

Variables		Respiratory Phasic Variation of PVD – Patients with CLD	P-value	Respiratory Phasic Variation of PVD - Controls	P-value
Sex	Male	8.87%,	0.683	20.78%	0.061
	Female	8.98%		21.96%

Table 4 Determinants of Portal Vein Diameter in Patients with CLD and Controls at Selected Referral Hospitals Southern Ethiopia, 2021

	Patients with CLD			Controls
	Male	Female		Male	Female
Mean PVD ±SD	17.18 ±1.83	16.68 ±2.28	P=0.235	11.1 ± 1.21	10.53 ±1.27	P=0.017
Age (in years)	r=0.328* P=0.003	r=0.03 P=0.87	r=0.224* p=0.018	r=0.224 P=0.114	r=0.259* P=0.048	r=0.294* P=0.002
Weight (in KG)	r=0.194 P=0.088	r=0.240 P=0.185	r=0.222* P=0.02	r=0.145 P=0.31	r=0.323* P=0.013	r=0.309* P=0.001
Height (In Meter)	r=0.097 P=0.396	r=−0.130 P=0.478	r=0.079 P=0.411	r=0.046 P=0.75	r=0.147 P=0.267	r=0.197* P=0.04
BMI (KG/m^2)	r=0.155 P=0.177	r=0.297 P=0.099	r=0.196* P=0.04	r=0.113 P=0.431	r=0.25 P=0.056	r=0.197* P=0.039

Note: *P-value < 0.05.