Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease (ESLD)
| Patients (N=20)
|
|
|---|---|
| n (%) | |
| Sex | |
| Men | 15 (75) |
| Women | 5 (25) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3 (15) |
| Race | |
| White | 15 (75) |
| African American | 2 (10) |
| Multiracial | 1 (5) |
| Unknown/Missing | 2 (10) |
| Employment Status | |
| Disabled | 14 (70) |
| Unemployed | 3 (15) |
| Employed | 3 (15) |
| Education level completed | |
| 8th grade or less | 2 (10) |
| 12th grade or GED | 4 (20) |
| Some college | 11 (55) |
| College | 3 (15) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 59.0 (5.3) |
| Range: 51 – 76 | |
| Reason for ESLD | |
| Hepatitis C | 9 (45) |
| Alcoholic cirrhosis | 5 (25) |
| Hepatitis C and alcoholic cirrhosis | 2 (10) |
| Cryptogenic cirrhosis | 2 (10) |
| Hepatitis B | 1 (5) |
| Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis | 1 (5) |
Note. GED =General Education Development