Table 1.

Baseline characteristics at transplant of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and non-NASH patients

Variable	NASH patients (n= 129)	Non-NASH patients (n= 775)	P-value
Age, years, mean ± SD	57 ± 9	48 ± 17	<0.001
Male gender, n (%)	61 (47%)	483 (62%)	0.04
White, n (%)	119 (92%)	635 (82%)	0.05
African American, n (%)	8 (6%)	108 (14%)	0.01
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD	34 ± 7	28 ± 6	<0.001
MELD score, median (range)	23 (6–40)	21 (6–40)	0.03

SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; MELD, Model for End-stage Liver Disease.