| Cirrhosis | HCC | HF | TB | Nephropathies | Unknown |
| Mean age 40 | 60 | 40 | 50 | 40 | 50 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male 85.7% | 60% | 69.2% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Female 14.3% | 40% | 30.8% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Motive for consultation | |||||
| abdominal mass+ | + |
| + |
| + |
| Abdominal mass-OMI |
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| + |
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| Dyspnoea |
| + |
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| Abundance of ascites | |||||
| Type I |
| + |
| + |
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| Type II+ | + | + | + | ++ | + |
| Type III++ | + |
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| Ascites fluid aspect | |||||
| Citrin yellow 100% | 80% | 92.3% |
| 100% | 25% |
| Unclear | 10% | 7.7% | 50% |
| 50% |
| Hematic | 10% |
| 50% |
| 25% |
| Proteins rate | |||||
| Higher to 30 g |
| + | + |
| + |
| Lower to 30 g+ | + |
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| + | + |