Table 2. Recipient characteristics in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in Era 1 (Pre-Share 35) and Era 2 (Post-Share 35).

	Pre-Share 35	Post-Share 35
Recipient Characteristics	N = 2916	N = 3029	p value
Age at transplant (years)	58.8 ± 7.6	60.0± 7.3	<0.001
Body mass index	28.6± 5.3	28.6± 5.2	>0.99
Gender (male)	2227 (76%)	2333 (77%)	0.55
Diagnosis
Hepatitis C virus serology	1875 (64%)	1877 (62%)	0.06
EtOH	52 (1.6%)	56 (1.9%)	0.85
NASH	46 (1.6%)	67 (2.2%)	0.07
Calculated MELD score†	12 (6–48)	11 (6–50)	0.09††
Match MELD score†	25 (6–40)	25 (6–40)	0.12††
Race/ethnicity
White	1977 (68%%)	2063 (68%%)	0.80
Black	282 (9.7%)	317 (10%)	0.31
other	657 (23%)	649 (21%)	0.30

†median (range)

††Wilcoxon rank-sum used.