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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2012 Feb 15;12(6):1603–1609. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03969.x

Table 2.

Demographics of Exception Point Applicants with PSC and Bacterial Cholangitis

Variable Pre-1/1/07, N=149 Post-1/1/07, N=188 P-Value
Age at listing, mean ± SD 44.5 ± 13.8 44.7 ± 15.4 0.56
Male gender, N (%) 102 (68.5) 121 (64.4) 0.43
Race/ethnicity, N (%)* 0.74
 White 122 (81.9) 157 (83.5)
 Black 15 (10.1) 21 (11.2)
 Hispanic 5 (3.4) 6 (3.2)
 Asian 9 (2.7) 3 (1.6)
Private insurance, N (%) 126 (84.6) 165 (87.8) 0.40
Bloodtype, N (%) 0.12
 0 77 (51.7) 88 (46.8)
 A 56 (37.6) 63 (33.5)
 B 12 (8.1) 32 (17.0)
 AB 4 (2.7) 5 (2.7)
Waitlist time (in days) prior to first exception point application, mean ± SD 398 ± 676 242 ± 563 0.038
MELD at time of first exception point application, mean ± SD 12.8 ± 5.8 12.6 ± 5.1 0.71
*

1 patient pre-1/1/07 and 1 post-1/1/07 defined as American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, or multiracial.