Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| All patients (n=2,017) |
Under 40 (n=219) |
Over 40 (n=1,798) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD) | 51.5 ± 10.7 | 34.0 ± 4.7 | 53.7 ± 9.2 | <0.001 |
| Female | 679 | 68 (10%) | 611 (90%) | 0.405 |
| Male | 1338 | 151 (13%) | 1187 (87%) | 0.257 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 802 | 87 (11%) | 715 (89%) | 1 |
| African American | 550 | 31 (6%) | 519 (94%) | <0.001 |
| Hispanic | 550 | 89 (16%) | 461 (84%) | <0.001 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander/East Indian | 36 | 3 (8%) | 33 (92%) | 0.791 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 19 | 2 (11%) | 17 (89%) | 1 |
| Other | 60 | 7 (12%) | 53 (88%) | 0.832 |
| Cause of Cirrhosis | ||||
| Alcoholic | 921 | 98 (11%) | 823 (89%) | 0.706 |
| Autoimmune | 25 | 12 (48%) | 13 (52%) | <0.001 |
| Cryptogenic/NAFLD/NASH | 173 | 8 (5%) | 165 (95%) | 0.003 |
| HBV | 73 | 9 (12%) | 64 (88%) | 0.108 |
| HCV | 719 | 73 (10%) | 646 (90%) | <0.001 |
| HBV & HCV | 38 | 5 (13%) | 33 (87%) | 0.598 |
| PBC/PSC | 30 | 5 (17%) | 25 (83%) | 0.366 |
| Other* | 38 | 9 (24%) | 29 (76%) | 0.037 |
| Medical History | ||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 437 | 18 (4%) | 419 (96%) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes Mellitus w Organ Damage | 50 | 1 (2%) | 49 (98%) | 0.037 |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 41 | 0 (0%) | 41 (100%) | 0.019 |
| Chronic Kidney Disease | 36 | 8 (28%) | 28 (72%) | 0.0502 |
| AIDS | 68 | 20 (29%) | 48 (71%) | <0.001 |
| Esophageal Varices | 340 | 53 (16%) | 287 (84%) | 0.003 |
All values reported as N or N (%).
*
Other includes cardiac, congenital, Sarcoidosis, Wilson’s disease, chronic granulomatous infection, and hemochromatosis.
HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NAFLD/NASH, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis; PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis