Methods: Causes of portal hypertension were studied in consecutive new adult patients with
portal hypertension attending department of Hepatatology at a tertiary care centre in south
India during July 2009 to July 2010. Results: A total of 583 adult patients (> 18 yr old) were
enrolled in the study. After non-invasive testing, commonest causes of portal hypertension
were cryptogenic chronic liver disease (35%), chronic liver disease due to alcohol (29%),
hepatitis B (17%) or hepatitis C (9%). Of the 203 patients with cryptogenic chronic liver …