Sonographic Assessment of Portal Vein Diameter among Healthy Adults in Saudi Arabia

Mahmoud, Mustafa Z.; Albagir, Salah; Wahab, Babiker A.; Zidan, Mogahid M.A; Abdulrahman, Ahmed; Yousef, Mohammed; Elgyoum, Ala. M. Abd; Adam, Mohamed

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“…The mean PV diameter was 9.60 ± 2.03 mm (Table 1), which is consistent with the findings of the studies by Albagir et al 1 and Luntsi et al, 12 which reported mean PV diameters of 9.60 ± 1.41 mm and 10.40 ± 1.22 mm, respectively. Stamm et al 14 used a different guideline to measure the mean PV diameter and reported a mean PV diameter of 15.5 ± 1.9 mm, which is significantly higher than the accepted upper limit.…”

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“…15 This study revealed a statistically significant association between age and PV diameter (Table 4), consistent with the findings of the studies by Geleto et al, 4 Chand and Jaradi., 10 and Rapaccini et al, 15 which showed a statistically significant relationship between age and the PV diameter. In contrast, Albagir et al 1 reported no statistically significant association between age and PV diameter. This difference in results may be attributed to the nature of their study, which included only young participants aged 20-25 years old.…”

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“…This study revealed a strong, statistically significant correlation between BMI and the PV diameter ( P = .022; Table 5), which is consistent with the findings of the studies by Chand and Jaradi 10 and Luntsi et al, 12 which revealed a positive correlation between BMI and the PV diameter. 1 Aqeel et al 11 concluded that BMI is statistically correlated with the PV diameter in female participants.…”

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“…This difference in results may be attributed to the nature of their study, which included only young participants aged 20-25 years old. 1 Ahmed et al 9 reported that PV dilatation increases with age and is more common in middle-aged individuals.…”

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“…Portal vein is formed at the junction of the superior mesenteric vein with the splenic vein behind the neck of the pancreas at the level of the second lumbar vertebra. 1 The maximum diagnostic upper limit for the diameter of the PV is 13 mm. 2,3 Geleto et al 4 proposed that the average PV diameter and the normal pressure range from 7 to 15 mm and 5 to 10 mmHg, respectively.…”

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The Effect of Smoking, Gender, Age, and the Body Mass Index on the Measurements of the Portal Vein Diameter

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Objective: This study aimed to explore the effects of age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and smoking on the diameter of the portal vein (PV). Materials and Methods: This quantitative descriptive study included 113 participants (61.9% males and 38.1% females) who underwent sonography. The participants were selected via convenience sampling. Patients with known cardiac, liver, or biliary diseases were excluded. The PV of each participant was evaluated and measured using a 3.5 MHz transducer and a standard liver sonography imaging protocol. Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, independent t-test, and Pearson correlations. Statistical significance was set at P < .05. Results: The mean age of the participants was 38 ± 16 years (range = 15–86 years). The mean PV diameter and BMI were 9.6 ± 2 mm (range = 4.9–16 mm) and 26.22 ± 8.5 (range = 15.2–39.7), respectively. The mean PV diameter of the participants who did and did not smoke was 10.5 ± 2.3 mm and 9.25 ± 1.8 mm, respectively. The PV diameter showed statistically significant associations with smoking status, age, and BMI ( P = .01, .007, and .022, respectively). Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the PV diameter may increase with smoking, age, and BMI; however, no correlation was observed between the PV diameter and sex.

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