Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients listed for liver transplantation with UNOS with a PSC diagnosis (1995–2009)
| Ethnicity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| European American (n = 5,577) | African American (n = 815) | Hispanic (n =255) | |
| Age at listing (y) | 46.6 ± 13.7 | 39.7 ± 13.1a | 42.3 ± 15.9a,b |
| Gender (% male) | 69.1% | 56.0%c | 64.6% |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease, n (%) | 3,982 (71.4%) | 493 (60.5%)d | 162 (63.5) |
| Ulcerative colitis | 2,683 (48.5%) | 281 (34.5%)d | 103 (40.4%) |
| Crohn’s Disease | 924 (16.6%) | 133 (16.3%) | 33 (12.9%) |
| No bowel disease | 1,595 (28.6%) | 322 (39.5%)d | 93 (36.5%) |
| Other | 375 (6.7%) | 79 (9.7%) | 26 (10.2%) |
| MELD/PELD at listing1, mean ± SD | 15.2 ± 7.5 | 18.1 ± 9.3a,e | 14.9 ± 7.6 |
| MELD/PELD Exception1, n (%) | 256 (10.0%) | 33 (8.1%) | 14 (12.7%) |
1
Includes only cases after February 27, 2002: European American (n = 2560); African American (n = 407); Hispanic (n = 110).
a
p < 0.001 compared to European Americans;
b
p = 0.002 compared to African Americans
c
p < 0.05 compared to European Americans and Hispanics
d
p < 0.01 compared to European Americans and Hispanics
e
p = 0.001 compared to Hispanics