Table 3.
Complications and mortality among NAFLD and non-NAFLD patients.
| Variable | NAFLD 211,955 |
Non-NAFLD Controls 452,012 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cirrhosis | 4429 (2.1) | 4190 (0.9) | <0.001 |
| Age at cirrhosis, mean ± SD | 64.8 ± 13 | 61.5 ± 12.3 | <0.001 |
| HCC | 943 (0.44) | 1586 (0.35) | <0.001 |
| Age of HCC | 68.8 ± 11.9 | 67.1 ± 10.7 | <0.001 |
| Esophageal varices | 1278 (0.6) | 1136 (0.3) | <0.001 |
| Esophageal varices bleeding | 647 (0.3) | 678 (0.1) | <0.001 |
| SBP | 303 (0.14) | 314 (0.07) | <0.001 |
| Hepatorenal syndrome | 284 (0.12) | 276 (0.06) | <0.001 |
| Liver transplantation | 194 (0.1) | 272 (0.06) | <0.001 |
| Age at liver t transplantation, mean ± SD | 55 ± 11.9 | 55.5 ± 10 | 0.656 |
| Death | 22,963 (10.8) | 66,418 (14.7) | <0.001 |
| Age at death, mean ± SD | 76.1 ± 12.3 | 71.4 ± 12.9 | <0.001 |
| Number of hospitalizations From diagnosis, mean ± SD |
4.3 ± 6.5 | 3.1 ± 5.6 | <0.001 |
HCC—Hepatocellular Carcinoma; SBP—Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.