Table 1.

Baseline characteristics:

Variables	Total (n=43)
Age, median (IQR)	47 (33–64)
Sex, no. (%)
Female	13 (30.2%)
Male	30 (69.8%)
Race/ethnicity, no. (%)
Hispanic (all races)	2 (4.7%)
White, non-Hispanic	34 (79.1%)
African American, non-Hispanic	3 (7%)
All others	4 (9.3%)
Comorbidities (any), no. (%)	15 (34.9%)
Renal disease	8 (18.6%)
Peripheral vascular disease	4 (9.3%)
Mild liver disease*	4 (9.3%)
Diabetes without chronic complication	3 (7%)
Any malignancy	3 (7%)
Charlson comorbidity index score, no. (%)
0–1	31 (72.1%)
≥2	12 (27.9%)

IQR: interquartile range

^*Mild liver disease was defined as chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis without portal hypertension. In our cases, one patient had a history of alcoholic cirrhosis while others had the findings of hepatitis.