Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of waiting list candidates in the entire cohort by race and ethnicity: Pre-Share 35 vs. Post-Share 35 time periods, 2012–2015
| Pre-Share 35 (n = 7450) | Post-Share 35 (n = 7135) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White (n = 5633) | AA (n = 798) | Hispanic (n = 1019) | White (n = 5351) | AA (n = 793) | Hispanic (n = 991) | |
| Age at listing (years), mean (SD) | 57.0 (9.9) | 57.0 (11.4) | 56.0 (10.2) | 58.0 (10.5) | 57.0 (12.9) | 56.0 (11.3) |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Male | 3813 (67.7) | 485 (60.8) | 679 (66.6) | 3603 (67.3) | 462 (58.3) | 648 (65.4) |
| Female | 1820 (32.3) | 313 (39.2) | 340 (33.4) | 1748 (32.7) | 331 (41.7) | 343 (34.6) |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 27.9 (5.6) | 27.5 (6.0) | 27.7 (5.3) | 27.9 (5.9) | 27.5 (6.6) | 28.3 (5.9) |
| Median household incomea | 54269 | 43294 | 47143 | 54249 | 44723 | 46394 |
| Time on waiting list (days), mean (SD) | 92.0 (200.5) | 67.0 (202.3) | 107.0 (211.5) | 53.0 (116.9) | 32.0 (109.8) | 40.0 (124.8) |
| Waiting list outcome, n (%) | ||||||
| Transplanted | 4571 (81.2) | 659 (82.6) | 868 (85.2) | 4550 (85.0) | 690 (87.0) | 861 (86.9) |
| Still waiting | 233 (4.1) | 26 (3.3) | 36 (3.5) | 163 (3.1) | 24 (3.0) | 35 (3.5) |
| Temporarily too sick | 614 (10.9) | 83 (10.4) | 90 (8.8) | 482 (9.0) | 57 (7.2) | 69 (7.0) |
| Insurance issues | 88 (1.6) | 18 (2.3) | 13 (1.3) | 69 (1.3) | 14 (1.8) | 11 (1.1) |
| Medical non-compliance | 52 (0.9) | 1 (0.1) | 6 (0.6) | 22 (0.4) | 3 (0.4) | 6 (0.6) |
| Candidate withdrawn | 71 (1.3) | 10 (1.3) | 4 (0.4) | 62 (1.2) | 4 (0.5) | 7 (0.7) |
| Candidate cannot be contacted | 4 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) |
| MELD at listing, n (%) | ||||||
| < 35 | 5158 (91.6) | 697 (87.3) | 886 (87.0) | 4619 (86.3) | 602 (75.9) | 796 (80.3) |
| ≥ 35 | 475 (8.4) | 101 (12.7) | 133 (13.0) | 732 (13.7) | 191 (24.1) | 195 (19.7) |
| Health insurance status, n (%) | ||||||
| Private insurance | 3301 (58.6) | 382 (47.9) | 454 (44.6) | 3100 (57.9) | 371 (46.8) | 437 (44.1) |
| Public insurance | 2292 (40.7) | 405 (50.8) | 552 (54.2) | 2157 (40.3) | 407 (51.3) | 529 (53.4) |
| Self | 21 (0.4) | 7 (0.9) | 5 (0.5) | 19 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.4) |
| Other | 12 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 5 (0.5) | 18 (0.3) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) |
| Unknown | 7 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) | 3 (0.3) | 57 (1.1) | 11 (1.4) | 20 (2.0) |
AA African American, BMI body mass index, MELD model for end-stage liver disease
aSource: U.S. Census Bureau. Census tract level income in 2016 dollars