Establishment and validation of a nomogram for predicting esophagogastric variceal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Background: Patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis suffering from esophagogastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) face high mortality.

Aim: To investigate the risk factors for EGVB in patients with liver cirrhosis and establish a diagnostic nomogram.

Methods: Patients with liver cirrhosis who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into training and validation cohorts in a 6:4 ratio in this retrospective research.