Table 1
Comparison of the prevalence of gastric iron in various conditions
| Iron | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | − | p Value | ||||
| CI, cirrhosis only; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HE, hepatitis; MI, miscellaneous; R, ruptured varices; VX, cirrhosis with varices. | ||||||
| Hepatic disease | ||||||
| MI | 0 | 28 | ] 0.2 | |||
| HE | 6 | 113 | ] 0.0003 | |||
| CI | 38 | 157 | ] 0.006 | |||
| VX | 29 | 44 | ] 0.7 | |||
| R | 5 | 6 | ||||
| MI, HE | 6 | 141 | ] <0.0001 | |||
| CI, VX, R | 72 | 207 | ||||
| Sex | ||||||
| MI, HE | ||||||
| Female | 1 | 59 | ] 0.2 | |||
| Male | 5 | 82 | ||||
| CI, VX, R | ||||||
| Female | 22 | 65 | ] 0.8 | |||
| Male | 50 | 142 | ||||
| Aetiology | ||||||
| CI, VX, R | ||||||
| Alcoholic | 8 | 18 | ] 0.9 | ] 0.33 | ||
| HBV | 7 | 17 | ] 0.44 | |||
| HCV | 29 | 103 | ||||
| HCC | ||||||
| MI, HE | ||||||
| HCC+ | 3 | 10 | ] 0.002 | |||
| HCC− | 3 | 131 | ||||
| CI, VX, R | ||||||
| HCC+ | 29 | 95 | ] 0.4 | |||
| HCC− | 43 | 112 | ||||
| Transfusion | ||||||
| CI, VX, R | ||||||
| Yes | 3 | 9 | ] 0.9 | |||
| No | 19 | 53 | ||||
| Liver iron | ||||||
| Grade 0 | 8 | 72 | ] 0.004 | |||
| Grade 1 | 8 | 44 | ] 0.01 | |||
| Grade 2 | 3 | 32 | ] 0.002 | |||
| Grade 3 | 2 | 16 | ] 0.05 | |||
| Grade 4 | 7 | 8 | ||||
