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Table 3: stratification of factors with respect to the number of gall stones |
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|
Factor |
No Gallstone |
Single stone |
Multiple stones |
p – value |
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|
Age |
≤50 years |
53 (67%) |
6 (7.5%) |
20 (25.5%) |
0.278 |
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>50 years |
88 (72.7%) |
13 (10.7%) |
20 (16.6%) |
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Gender |
Male |
79 (70.5%) |
14 (12.5%) |
19 (17%) |
0.167 |
|
Female |
62 (70.4%) |
5 (5.6%) |
21 (24%) |
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BMI (Kg/m2) |
≤23.59 |
81 (72.9%) |
13 (11.7%) |
17 (15.4%) |
0.120 |
|
>23.59 |
60 (67.4%) |
6 (6.7%) |
23 (25.9%) |
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Duration of CLD |
>24 months |
59 (74.6%) |
6 (7.6%) |
14 (17.8%) |
0.559 |
|
≤24 months |
82 (67.7%) |
13 (10.7%) |
26 (21.6%) |
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CTP score |
≤9 |
80 (78.4%) |
5 (5%) |
17 (16.6%) |
0.022 |
|
>9 |
61 (62.2%) |
14 (14.2%) |
23 (23.6%) |
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|
CTP class |
B |
80 (78.4%) |
5 (5%) |
17 (16.6%) |
0.022 |
|
C |
61 (62.2%) |
14 (14.2%) |
23 (23.6%) |
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Anti HCV |
Present |
87 (65.3%) |
14 (10.7%) |
32 (24%) |
0.075 |
|
Absent |
54 (80.6%) |
5 (7.4%) |
8 (12%) |
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Ethnicity |
Punjabi |
24 (77.5%) |
1 (3.2%) |
6 (19.3%) |
0.249 |
|
Sindhi |
39 (71%) |
3 (5.4%) |
13 (23.6%) |
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|
Urdu |
50 (66.7%) |
12 (16%) |
13 (17.3%) |
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|
Pathan |
16 (84.3%) |
1 (5.2%) |
2 (10.5%) |
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Balochi |
7 (77.8%) |
0 (0%) |
2 (22.2%) |
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Others |
5 (45.5%) |
2 (18.1%) |
4 (36.4%) |
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