trending toward significancep = 0.065
The association was significant for ascites (HR 1.82, 95% CI 1.09-3.05, p = 0.022) and trending toward significance for hepatic encephalopathy (HR 1.54, 95% CI 0.97-2.43, p = 0.065), and was directionally consistent for variceal bleeding though there were few incident events (n = 40 with incident events >6 months after follow-up).