Table 4

Comparison of thrombin generation, surrogate platelet activity and hepatic dysfunction outcome between the no-events group and the thrombotic, major bleeding and minor bleeding group

Thrombing generationNo-events (n=62)Thrombotic (n=3)Major bleeding (n=2)Minor bleeding (n=3)
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)P valueMean (SD)P valueMean (SD)P value
 ETP1230.6 (±374.6)1366.4 (±66.2)0.5361011.06 (±138.44)0.4151218.25 (±74.33)0.955
 Lag time2.35 (±0.55)2.21 (±0.56)0.987*2.5 (±0.00)0.409*2.35 (±0.25)0.6*
 Peak305.5 (±102.2)356.39 (±21.36)0.365*252.86 (±90.91)0.354*321.81 (±55.06)0.925*
 Time to peak4.39 (±0.68)4.2 (±0.56)0.862*4.75 (±0.35)0.228*4.41 (±0.32)0.539*
 Velocity index156.2 (±61.31)178.33 (±10.58)0.044117 (±58.79)0.377158.06 (±32.50)0.959
 Start of tail19.74 (±2.72)19.03 (±1.07)0.876*19.54 (±2.42)0.877*19.18 (±2.48)0.815*
 Alpha-2 level13.31 (±6.01)14.34 (±2.19)0.532*8.91 (±4.11)0.280*19.84 (±5.63)0.07*
Platelet activity markers
 P-selectin level36.56 (±9.99)31.77 (±9.34)0.535*32.642 (±4.624)0.596*29.912 (±5.699)0.28*
 PF4 level280.65 (±146.76)264 (±153.1)0.983*130.115 (±0)0.18*351.351 (±312.875)0.907*
Hepatic dysfunction
 Fibro-scan16.9 (±7.6)10.7 (±3.2)0.067*29.3 (±17.5)0.194*21.3 (±8.5)0.262*
 Fibro-test score0.482 (±0.199)0.513 (±0.137)0.7890.471 (±0)0.960.692 (±0.24)0.15
 MELD-XI score3.31 (±4.68)1.5 (±1.60)0.50810.05 (±4.74)0.059.23 (±2.52)0.034
  • *Differences between groups were anaylysed using an independent-samples t-test. If the normality assumption was severely violated, a Mann-Whitney U test was used. Values marked by an asterisk were analysed by use of the Mann-Whitney U test.

  • ETP, endogenous thrombin potential; MELD-XI, model for end-stage liver disease excluding international normalised ratio; PF4, platelet factor 4.