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. 2024 Jan 23;3(4):498–505. doi: 10.1016/j.gastha.2024.01.007

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristics All training
Non HCC training
HCC training
All validation
Non HCC validation
HCC validation
n = 1561 n = 1334 n = 227 n = 686 n = 510 N = 176
Demographics, n (%)
 American Indian/Alaska Native 27 (2%) 23 (2%) 4 (2%) 7 (1%) 5 (1%) 2 (1%)
 Asian 211 (14%) 168 (12%) 43 (19%) 169 (25%) 127 (25%) 42 (24%)
 Black/African American 99 (6%) 82 (6%) 17 (7%) 57 (8%) 46 (9%) 11 (6%)
 Multi-race 26 (2%) 26 (2%) - 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 11 (1%) 10 (1%) 1 (0.4%) 6 (1%) 5 (1%) 1 (1%)
 Other 228 (15%) 192 (14%) 36 (16%) 104 (15%) 77(15%) 27 (15%)
 Unknown 39 (3%) 37 (3%) 2 (1%) 13 (2%) 11 (2%) 2 (1%)
 White 920 (59%) 796 (60%) 124 (55%) 330 (48%) 239 (47%) 91 (52%)
Female, n (%) 742 (48%) 666 (50%) 76 (33%) 272 (40%) 222 (44%) 50 (28%)
Age, mean ± SD 68 ± 12 67 ± 9 72 ± 9 70 ± 10 70 ± 8 72 ± 9
Hispanic 261 (17%) 220 (17%) 41 (18%) 110 (16%) 81 (16%) 29 (16%)
Past medical history
 Diabetes, n (%) 942 (60%) 814 (61%) 128 (56%) 412 (60%) 312 (61%) 100 (57%)
 Hypertension, n (%) 1362 (87%) 1152 (86%) 210 (93%) 646 (94%) 479 (94%) 167 (95%)
 Obesity, n (%) 664 (43%) 587 (44%) 77 (34%) 287 (42%) 225 (44%) 62 (35%)
Laboratory (mean ± SD)
 Alkaline phosphatase, U/L 86.46 ± 25.98 85.64 ± 25.73 91.31 ± 26.64 87.52 ± 27.46 85.35 ± 26.41 93.85 ± 29.23
 Creatinine, mg/dL 0.94 ± 0.27 0.94 ± 0.21 0.94 ± 0.29 0.94 ± 0.27 0.94 ± 0.21 0.95 ± 0.30
 Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL 14.77 ± 4.89 14.78 ± 4.94 14.71 ± 4.62 14.79 ± 4.20 14.90 ± 4.14 14.48 ± 4.35
 Sodium, mEq/L 137.58 ± 2.44 137.55 ± 2.47 137.79 ± 2.27 138.10 ± 2.22 138.11 ± 2.32 138.07 ± 1.95
 Potassium, mEq/L 4.08 ± 0.34 4.08 ± 0.35 4.11 ± 0.33 4.09 ± 0.34 4.10 ± 0.34 4.09 ± 0.34
 Prothrombin time/international normalized ratio 1.35 ± 0.17 1.13 ± 0.17 1.17 ± 0.15 1.13 ± 0.15 1.13 ± 0.16 1.15 ± 0.14
 Albumin, g/L 3.67 ± 0.46 3.70 ± 0.45 3.52 ± 0.49 3.73 ± 0.45 3.77 ± 0.44 3.60 ± 0.45
 Chloride, mmol/L 103.22 ± 3.01 103.09 ± 2.99 104.01 ± 3.02 103.70 ± 2.81 103.59 ± 2.8 104.03 ± 2.86
 Bilirubin, mg/dL 1.07 ± 0.51 1.05 ± 0.51 1.20 ± 0.53 1.10 ± 0.53 1.07 ± 0.52 1.22 ± 0.55
 Cholesterol, mg/dL 165.43 ± 35.52 166.89 ± 35.75 156.88 ± 32.90 167.07 ± 32.87 169.03 ± 33.40 161.37 ± 30.50
 FIB-4 score, n (%)
 0–1.3 251 (16%) 243 (18%) 8 (4%) 73 (11%) 65 (13%) 8 (5%)
 1.3–2.67 536 (34%) 484 (36%) 52 (23%) 239 (35%) 200 (39%) 39 (22%)
 >2.67 774 (50%) 607 (46%) 167 (74%) 374 (55%) 245 (48%) 129 (73%)