Table 1. Demographic characteristics of selected patients, stratified by the presence/absence of liver cirrhosis in 1998–2005 (n = 28,002).
| Patients with liver cirrhosis(n = 4667) | Patients without liver cirrhosis(n = 23,335) | p value | |||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | 1 | ||||
| Male | 3236 | 69.3 | 16,180 | 69.3 | |
| Female | 1431 | 30.7 | 7155 | 30.7 | |
| Age (years) | 1 | ||||
| 18–39 | 797 | 17.1 | 3985 | 17.1 | |
| 40–49 | 1046 | 22.4 | 5230 | 22.4 | |
| 50–59 | 1016 | 21.8 | 5080 | 21.8 | |
| 60–69 | 938 | 20.1 | 4690 | 20.1 | |
| ≥70 | 870 | 18.6 | 4350 | 18.6 | |
| Follow-up, year, mean (SD) | 0.22 | ||||
| 4.95 | 0.43 | 4.96 | 0.38 | ||
| Urbanization level | <0.001 | ||||
| 1 (most urbanized) | 1112 | 23.8 | 7483 | 32.1 | |
| 2 | 1326 | 28.4 | 6397 | 27.4 | |
| 3 | 765 | 16.4 | 3744 | 16.0 | |
| 4 (least urbanized) | 1464 | 31.4 | 5711 | 24.5 | |
| Monthly income * | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 1063 | 22.8 | 4890 | 21.0 | |
| NT$ 1–15,840 | 862 | 18.5 | 3405 | 14.6 | |
| NT$ 15,841–25,000 | 2003 | 42.9 | 9515 | 40.8 | |
| ≧NT$ 25,001 | 739 | 15.8 | 5525 | 23.7 | |
| Geographic region | <0.001 | ||||
| Northern | 1787 | 38.3 | 10,942 | 46.9 | |
| Central | 1435 | 30.7 | 5802 | 24.9 | |
| Southern | 1124 | 24.1 | 5406 | 23.2 | |
| Eastern | 321 | 6.9 | 1185 | 5.1 | |
| Hypertension | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 2804 | 60.1 | 12,930 | 55.4 | |
| No | 1863 | 39.9 | 10,405 | 44.6 | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 0.67 | ||||
| Yes | 2004 | 42.9 | 10,100 | 43.3 | |
| No | 2663 | 57.1 | 13,235 | 56.7 | |
| Diabetes | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 2168 | 46.5 | 7376 | 31.6 | |
| No | 2499 | 53.5 | 15,959 | 68.4 | |
| HIV | 0.02 | ||||
| Yes | 9 | 0.2 | 27 | 0.1 | |
| No | 4658 | 99.8 | 23,308 | 99.9 | |
| Organ transplantation | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 239 | 5.1 | 642 | 2.8 | |
| No | 4428 | 94.9 | 22693 | 97.2 | |
| Hepatitis B | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 1865 | 40.0 | 2653 | 11.4 | |
| No | 2802 | 60.0 | 20,682 | 88.6 | |
| Hepatitis C | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 1375 | 29.5 | 1114 | 4.8 | |
| No | 3292 | 70.5 | 22,221 | 95.2 | |
| Chronic renal failure | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 636 | 13.6 | 1504 | 6.4 | |
| No | 4031 | 86.4 | 21,831 | 93.6 | |
| SLE | 0.01 | ||||
| Yes | 35 | 0.7 | 109 | 0.5 | |
| No | 4632 | 99.3 | 23,226 | 99.5 | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 0.004 | ||||
| Yes | 341 | 7.3 | 1439 | 6.2 | |
| No | 4326 | 92.7 | 21,896 | 93.8 | |
| COPD | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 2499 | 53.5 | 10,688 | 45.8 | |
| No | 2168 | 46.5 | 12,647 | 54.2 | |
| Cancer | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 2118 | 45.4 | 3227 | 13.8 | |
| No | 2549 | 54.6 | 20,108 | 86.2 | |
| Alcoholism | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 605 | 13.0 | 282 | 1.2 | |
| No | 4062 | 87.0 | 23,053 | 98.8 | |
Footnote: SD, standard deviation; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SLE, systemic lupus erythematous; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
*The average exchange rate in was US$1.00 ≈ New Taiwan (NT) $32.6.