Table 1.

Baseline Demographics of Adult Liver Transplant Patients at UAB from 2000–2010 according to insurance strata.

Variable	Private insurance	Public Insurance	Charitv care	P-Value
Cohort	640	233	23	--
Age (Years)	52.5 ±9.0	56.8 ± 11.7	43.9 ± 13.5	<0.01
Male %	66.8	53.7	43.5	<0.01
Race				<0.01
Caucasian %	85.6	84.6	69.6
African American %	9.8	13.7	30.4
Other Race %	4.4	1.7	0
BMI	28.8 ± 5.8	29.2 ± 6.6	30.3 ± 7.4	0.52
Lab-MELD	20.6 ± 7.9	21.0 ±7.9	27.6 ± 9.2	<0.01
Etiology of Liver Disease*
Hepatitis C Virus %	37.3	37.3	34.8	0.90
Hepatocellular Carcinoma %	21.7	25.8	8.7	0.13
NASH/Cryptogenic %	20.0	20.0	26.1	0.67
Laennec's %	17.5	18.9	13.0	0.75
Cholestatic(PBC, PSC) %	11.7	11.2	4.4	0.55
Other %†	9.4	6.4	8.7	0.39
Autoimmune %	3.8	4.3	8.7	0.48
Select Co-morbidities
Hypertension %	45.6	52.8	43.5	0.16
Diabetes %	25.6	27.5	17.4	0.55
Dyslipidemia %	14.1	9.4	8.7	0.16
Coronary Artery Disease%	4.1	1.3	4.4	0.13
Donor Risk Index**	16 ± 0.4	1.6±04	1.7±0.5	0.17